ΚΟΛΟΒΟΥΣΙΝ, κολοβουσιν
KOLOBOUSIN, kolobousin
Sounds Like: koh-loh-BOO-sin
Translations: they will cut off, they will shorten, they will mutilate, they will diminish
From the root: ΚΟΛΟΒΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning to cut off, shorten, or mutilate. It is often used to describe the act of severing a limb or reducing something in size or duration. It can also imply a diminishing or limiting effect.
Inflection: Third Person Plural, Future Indicative, Active Voice
Strong’s number: G2856 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Samuel — 4:12
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΟΛΟΒΟΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΚΟΛΟΒΩΘΗ — was shortened, were shortened, was cut short, were cut short
- ἘΚΟΛΟΒΩΣΕΝ — cut short, shorten, diminish, reduce
- ΕΚΟΛΟΒΩΘΗΣΑΝ — were shortened, were cut short, were curtailed
- ΕΚΟΛΟΒΩΣΕΝ — he shortened, he cut short, he curtailed, he limited
- ΚΕΚΟΛΟΒΩΜΕΝΟΙ — cut short, shortened, mutilated, diminished, impaired
- ΚΟΛΟΒΟΥΣ — cut off, mutilate, shorten, maim, a mutilated one, a maimed one, a cripple
- ΚΟΛΟΒΟΩ — to shorten, to cut short, to mutilate, to diminish
- ΚΟΛΟΒΩΘΗΣΟΝΤΑΙ — they will be cut short, they will be shortened
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