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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry
TDNT Reference: 7:596,1074
συστέλλω systéllō, soos-tel'-lo; from G4862 and G4724; to send (draw) together, i.e. enwrap (enshroud a corpse for burial), contract (an interval):—short, wind up.
The KJV translates Strong's G4958 in the following manner: wind up (1x), short (1x).
to place together
to draw together, contact
to diminish
to shorten, abridge
the time has been drawn together into a brief compass, is shortened
to roll together, wrap up, wrap around with bandages, etc., to enshroud
Strong's Number G4958 matches the Greek συστέλλω (systellō),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses
in the TR Greek.
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