9 occurrences

'Short' in the Bible

‘Therefore their inhabitants were short of strength,They were dismayed and put to shame;They were as the vegetation of the field and as the green herb,As grass on the housetops is scorched before it is grown up.

Verse ConceptsColors, GreenPlantsTendernessWicked Described AsScorchingLike GrassNo Strength Left

Then the king said to Haman, “Take quickly the robes and the horse as you have said, and do so for Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the king’s gate; do not fall short in anything of all that you have said.”

Verse ConceptsSitting In The GatewayDistinctive Clothing

That the triumphing of the wicked is short,And the joy of the godless momentary?

Verse ConceptsemptinessTransient WorldProsperity Of The WickedHypocrisy

The bed is too short on which to stretch out,And the blanket is too small to wrap oneself in.

Verse ConceptsCovering The BodyNarrownessAccommodationsSmall ThingsBeds

“Therefore their inhabitants were short of strength,They were dismayed and put to shame;They were as the vegetation of the field and as the green herb,As grass on the housetops is scorched before it is grown up.

Verse ConceptsGrassPlantsTendernessMan As GrassScorchingLike GrassNo Strength Left

“Why was there no man when I came?When I called, why was there none to answer?Is My hand so short that it cannot ransom?Or have I no power to deliver?Behold, I dry up the sea with My rebuke,I make the rivers a wilderness;Their fish stink for lack of waterAnd die of thirst.

Verse ConceptsdrynessProvidenceRebukeSeaThe Shortness Of TimeGod's WeaknessGod Drying Things UpNo One AvailableOthers Not Answering

For every head is bald and every beard cut short; there are gashes on all the hands and sackcloth on the loins.

Verse ConceptsBarbersBaldnessBeardsHairsHeadsKnivesMourningGashing Bodies

“Is there yet a man in the wicked house,Along with treasures of wickednessAnd a short measure that is cursed?

Verse ConceptsAbominations, To GodStoring Treasure On EarthCursing ThingsProsperity Of The Wicked

Bible Theasaurus

Brief (20 instances)
Compact (2 instances)
Concise (1 instance)
Forgetful (5 instances)
Inadequate (2 instances)
Little (488 instances)

Reverse Interlinear

Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
συντέμνω 
suntemno 
Usage: 2

κολοβόω 
Koloboo 
Usage: 0

συστέλλω 
Sustello 
wind up , short
Usage: 2

ταχέως 
Tacheos 
Usage: 8

ταχινός 
Tachinos 
Usage: 2

τάχιον 
Tachion 
Usage: 4

τάχος 
Tachos 
Usage: 5

ὑστερέω 
Hustereo 
lack , be behind , want , come short , be in want , fail , come behind , be destitute ,
Usage: 13

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