Shortly
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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
1: Εὐθέως (Strong'S #2112 — Adverb — eutheos — yoo-theh'-oce )
"straightway, directly," is translated "shortly" in 3—John 1:14 . The general use of the word suggests something sooner than "shortly." See Forthwith , Straightway.
2: Ταχέως (Strong'S #5030 — Adverb — tacheos — takh-eh'-oce )
see Quickly , No. 3.
3: Τάχιον (Strong'S #5032 — Adverb — tacheion — takh'-ee-on )
see Quickly , No. 2.
4: Ἐν (Strong'S #1722 5034 — Preposition — en tachei — en )
see Quickly , No. 4.
2—Peter 1:14
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( adv.) In a short or brief time or manner; soon; quickly.
(2): ( adv.) In few words; briefly; abruptly; curtly; as, to express ideas more shortly in verse than in prose.
King James Dictionary [3]
SHORT'LY, adv.
1. Quickly soon in a little time.
The armies came shortly in view of each other. Clarendon.
2. In a few words briefly as, to express ideas more shortly in verse than in prose.
