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Strong's #4935 - συντόμως
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συντομως
Adverb from a derivative of G4932
συντόμως (συντέμνω) (from Aeschylus, Sophocles, Plato down), adverb, concisely i. e. briefly, in few words: ἀκοῦσαι τίνος, Acts 24:4 (γράψαι, Josephus, contra Apion 1, 1; διδάσκειν, ibid. 1, 6, 2; (εἰπεῖν, ibid. 2, 14, 1; ἐξαγγέλλειν, Mark 16 WH (rejected) 'Shorter Conclusion')); for examples from Greek writings see Passow (or Liddell and Scott) under the word, at the end.
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συν -τόμως , adv. (< συντέμνω ),
[in LXX: Proverbs 13:23; Proverbs 23:28, 3 Maccabees 5:25 *;]
concisely, briefly: Acts 24:4 (for a similar ex., v. MM, xxiv).†
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(neut. of ταχύς as adv.), ";quickly"; (Matthew 5:25 al. and common in LXX). See P Par 45.5 (B.C. 152) (= UPZ i. p. 329) κἀαυτὸς παρέσομαι ταχύ, P Oxy IV. 743.41 (B.C. 2) καλῶς δὲ γέγονεν τὸ ταχὺ αὐτὸν ἐλθεῖν, ὑφηγήσεται γάρ σοι, ";it is well for him to come quickly, for he will instruct you"; (Edd.), and BGU II. 423.17 (soldier’s letter to his father—ii/A.D.) (= Selections, p. 91) ἐκ τούτου ἐλπίζω ταχὺ προκόσαι (l. προκόψαι) τῶν θε [ῶ ]ν θελόντων, ";in consequence of this I hope to be quickly promoted, if the gods will.";
Ταχὺ ταχύ is a common formula in incantations, e.g. P Hawara 312.8 (ii/A.D. in Archiv v. p. 393 ἄρτι ἄρτι ταχὺ ταχὺ ἐξ ψυχῆς καὶ καρδίας, and the Gnostic amulet P Oxy VII. 1060.8 (vi/A.D.) ἀπάλλαξον τὸν οἶκον τοῦτον ἀπὸ παντὸς κακοῦ ἑρπετοῦ <καὶ > πράγματος ταχὺ ταχύ, ";free this house from every evil reptile and thing, quickly, quickly"; : see also Deissmann BS, p. 289, and LAE2, p. 421, and for the repetition cf. Proleg. p. 97.
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