'Short' in the Bible

You made him for a short [time] lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and honor;

but we see Jesus, for a short [time] made lower than the angels, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, so that apart from God he might taste death on behalf of everyone.

Therefore let us fear, [while there] remains a promise of entering into his rest, that none of you appear to fall short of [it].

Take care [that] no one falls short of the grace of God; [that] no one growing up [like] a root of bitterness causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;