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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_174375" /> == | |||
<p> ''''' shôr´t ''''' ' ''''' n ''''' : The [[Hebrew]] word <i> ''''' ḳācar ''''' </i> and the | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' a.) To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, pot liquor, or the like. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by cold. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' a.) To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' a.) To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; as, to shorten work, an allowance of food, etc. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' a.) To make deficient (as to); to deprive; - with of. </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_8458" /> == | |||
<p> ''''' shôr´t ''''' ' ''''' n ''''' : The [[Hebrew]] word <i> ''''' ḳācar ''''' </i> and the Greek <i> ''''' kolobóō ''''' </i> literally indicate abbreviation of time or space ( Psalm 89:45; Proverbs 10:27; Ezekiel 42:5 ); figuratively they point to limitation of power or of suffering ( Numbers 11:23; Isaiah 50:2; Isaiah 59:1; Matthew 24:22; Mark 13:20 ). </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_174375"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/shorten Shorten from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_8458"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/shorten Shorten from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_8458"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/shorten Shorten from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:22, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( a.) To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, pot liquor, or the like.
(2): ( v. i.) To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by cold.
(3): ( a.) To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity.
(4): ( a.) To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; as, to shorten work, an allowance of food, etc.
(5): ( a.) To make deficient (as to); to deprive; - with of.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]
shôr´t ' n : The Hebrew word ḳācar and the Greek kolobóō literally indicate abbreviation of time or space ( Psalm 89:45; Proverbs 10:27; Ezekiel 42:5 ); figuratively they point to limitation of power or of suffering ( Numbers 11:23; Isaiah 50:2; Isaiah 59:1; Matthew 24:22; Mark 13:20 ).
