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Koine Greek wordlink #17004

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SR GNT Mat 24:22 κολοβωθήσονται (kolobōthaʸsontai) ‘but the chosen will_be_being shortened days those’ Strongs=28560 Lemma=koloboō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=future voice=passive person=3rd number=plural
Year=33 AD

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Only use of identical word form κολοβωθήσονται (V-IFP3··P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘κολοβωθήσονται’ (V-IFP3··P) is always and only glossed as ‘will_be_being shortened’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘koloboō’ have 4 different glosses: ‘were shortened’, ‘will_be_being shortened’, ‘he shortened’, ‘shortened’.

Greek words (4) other than κολοβωθήσονται (V-IFP3··P) with a gloss related to ‘shortened’

MARK 13:20 ἐκολόβωσεν (ekolobōsen) V-IAA3··S ‘and except shortened the master the days’ SR GNT Mark 13:20 word 5

OET-LV: 20 And except not/lest the_master shortened the days, no any flesh would was _saved. But because _of the chosen, whom he _chose, he _shortened the days. (MRK_13:20)

OET-RV: 20 And if Yahweh hadn’t shortened that time, no humans would even survive, but he shortened that time so that the chosen ones could be saved. (MRK 13:20)

MARK 13:20 ἐκολόβωσεν (ekolobōsen) V-IAA3··S ‘chosen whom he chose he shortened the days’ SR GNT Mark 13:20 word 26

OET-LV: 20 And except not/lest the_master shortened the days, no any flesh would was _saved. But because _of the chosen, whom he _chose, he _shortened the days. (MRK_13:20)

OET-RV: 20 And if Yahweh hadn’t shortened that time, no humans would even survive, but he shortened that time so that the chosen ones could be saved. (MRK 13:20)

MAT 24:22 ἐκολοβώθησαν (ekolobōthaʸsan) V-IAP3··P ‘and except were shortened days those not’ SR GNT Mat 24:22 word 4

OET-LV: 22 And except the those days not/lest were _shortened, not any flesh would was _saved, but because _of the chosen, the those days will _be _being _shortened. (MAT_24:22)

OET-RV: 22 in fact if those days weren’t shortened, nobody would survive, however because of the chosen, those days will be shortened. (MAT 24:22)

1 COR 7:29 συνεσταλμένος (sunestalmenos) V-PEP·NMS Lemma=sustellō ‘brothers the season having_been shortened is for the rest’ SR GNT 1 Cor 7:29 word 7

OET-LV: 29 But this I _am _saying, brothers, the season having _been _shortened is. For/Because _the rest, in _order _that even the ones having wives, as not having may _be, (CO1_7:29)

OET-RV: 29 But brothers and sisters, I will say this: the time is short, so from now on, even those who are married should live as if they’re not. (CO1 7:29)

Key: V=verb