Bible Concordance
Shorten (1 Occurrence)Mark 13:20 Unless the Lord had shortened the days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen ones, whom he picked out, he shortened the days. (Root in WEB KJV ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)
Thesaurus
Shorten (1 Occurrence)... 1. (v.) To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to
shorten distance; to
shorten a road; to
shorten days of calamity.
.../s/shorten.htm - 8kUpset (9 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To set up; to put upright. 2. (vt) To thicken
and shorten, as a heated piece of iron, by hammering on the end. ...
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Tuck (3 Occurrences)
... 3. (vt) To draw up; to shorten; to fold under; to press into a narrower compass;
as, to tuck the bedclothes in; to tuck up one's sleeves. ...
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Contract (3 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten,
narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action. ...
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Shortened (11 Occurrences)
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Choose (116 Occurrences)
... Mark 13:20 and if the Lord did not shorten the days, no flesh had been saved; but
because of the chosen, whom He did choose to Himself, He did shorten the days ...
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Quicken (16 Occurrences)
... 3. (v.) To shorten the radius of (a curve); to make (a curve) sharper; as, to
quicken the sheer, that is, to make its curve more pronounced. ...
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Leg (24 Occurrences)
... We know from Roman and Greek authors that this was done as a coup de grace to
shorten the miseries of criminals condemned to die on the cross. ...
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Retract (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vt) To take back; as to retract a statement; to draw
up or shorten; as, the cat can retract its claws; to retract a muscle. ...
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Mown (2 Occurrences)
... The term "mower" (qatsar, "to dock off," "shorten") in Psalm 129:7 the King James
Version is rendered "reaper" in the Revised Version (British and American ...
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Greek
2856. koloboo -- to curtail ... to curtail. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: koloboo Phonetic Spelling:
(kol-ob-o'-o) Short Definition: I cut short,
shorten Definition: (lit: I maim
... /greek/2856.htm - 6k4958. sustello -- to draw together, hence wrap up
... to draw together, hence wrap up. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: sustello
Phonetic Spelling: (soos-tel'-lo) Short Definition: I shorten, swathe Definition ...
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