Bible Verse Dictionary
Matthew 24:22
Verse | Strongs No. | Greek | |
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And | G2532 | καί |
[Conjunction] and also: even so: then too etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words |
except | G1508 | εἰ μή |
[Conjunction] if not |
those | G1565 | ἐκεῖνος |
that one (or [neuter] thing); often intensified by the article prefixed |
days | G2250 | ἡμέρα |
[Noun Feminine] akin to the base of G1476) meaning tame that is gentle; day that is (literally) the time space between dawn and dark or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts of both extremes); figuratively a period (always defined more or less clearly by the context) |
should be shortened | G2856 | κολοβόω |
[Verb] to dock that is (figuratively) abridge |
there should no | G3756 | οὐ |
the absolutely negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not |
flesh | G4561 | σάρξ |
[Noun Feminine] flesh (as stripped of the skin) that is (strictly) the meat of an animal (as food) or (by extension) the body (as opposed to the soul (or spirit) or as the symbol of what is external or as the means of kindred or (by implication) human nature (with its frailties (physically or morally) and passions) or (specifically) a human being (as such) |
be saved | G4982 | σώζω |
[Verb] to save that is deliver or protect (literally or figuratively) |
but | G1161 | δέ |
[Conjunction] but and etc. |
for the elect's sake | G1223 | διά |
[Preposition] through (in very wide applications local causal or occasional). In composition it retains the same general import |
those | G1565 | ἐκεῖνος |
that one (or [neuter] thing); often intensified by the article prefixed |
days | G2250 | ἡμέρα |
[Noun Feminine] akin to the base of G1476) meaning tame that is gentle; day that is (literally) the time space between dawn and dark or the whole 24 hours (but several days were usually reckoned by the Jews as inclusive of the parts of both extremes); figuratively a period (always defined more or less clearly by the context) |
shall be shortened | G2856 | κολοβόω |
[Verb] to dock that is (figuratively) abridge |
Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.