Strong's #2856: koloboo (pronounced kol-ob-o'-o)

from a derivative of the base of 2849; to dock, i.e. (figuratively) abridge:--shorten.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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koloboō

1) to mutilate

2) in NT: to shorten, abridge, curtail

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: from a derivative of the base of G2849

Citing in TDNT: 3:823, 452

Usage:

This word is used 4 times:

 

Matthew 24:22: "except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved:"
Matthew 24:22: "but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened."
Mark 13:20: "And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh"
Mark 13:20: "should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened"