What does κολοβόω (kolobóō) mean in the Bible?
κολοβόω (kolobóō): To cut short or curtail—often divine intervention to limit tribulation's duration for salvation's sake
Greek · G2856
κολοβόω
To shorten
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κολοβόω G2856
Pronunciation kolobóō
What does κολοβόω (kolobóō) mean in the Bible?
κολοβόω (kolobóō): To cut short or curtail—often divine intervention to limit tribulation's duration for salvation's sake
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2856?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include had not been cut short (1), had not cut short (1), He has cut them short (1), will be cut short (1).
Where does κολοβόω (kolobóō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 24:22. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (2), Matthew (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It had not been cut short 1× Matthew 24:22
had not cut short 1× Mark 13:20
He has cut them short 1× Mark 13:20
will be cut short 1× Matthew 24:22
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 24:22 ἐκολοβώθησαν to had not been cut short Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural Matthew 24:22 κολοβωθήσονται to will be cut short Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural Mark 13:20 ἐκολόβωσεν to had not cut short Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Mark 13:20 ἐκολόβωσεν to He has cut them short Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 24:22
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 2
Matthew 2 Mark 2
Source forms
ἐκολόβωσεν 2x ekolobōsen Mark 13:20
ἐκολοβώθησαν 1x ekolobōthēsan Matthew 24:22
κολοβωθήσονται 1x kolobōthēsontai Matthew 24:22
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 2x Mark 13:20
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural 1x Matthew 24:22
Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural 1x Matthew 24:22
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To cut short or curtail—often divine intervention to limit tribulation's duration for salvation's sake
Strong's G2856
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 1 form 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to shorten
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 24:22 Verb Third Person Plural Aorist Passive Indicative
ἐκολοβώθησαν ekolobwqhsan
I cut short, shorten
Read verse Matthew 24:22 Verb Third Person Plural Future Passive Indicative
κολοβωθήσονται kolobwqhsontai
I cut short, shorten
Read verse Mark 13:20 Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Active Indicative
ἐκολόβωσε ekolobwsen
I cut short, shorten
Read verse Mark 13:20 Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Active Indicative
ἐκολόβωσε ekolobwsen
I cut short, shorten
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 1 Aligned forms 4 Tenses Aorist, Future Voices Active, Passive
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 4×
Aorist Active Mark 13:20 2×
Aorist Passive Matt 24:22 1×
Future Passive Matt 24:22 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 4 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 3 future 1
Voice
active 2 passive 2
Mood
indicative 4
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
κολοβόω is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain