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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: εὐθέως

(Strong's #2112 — Adverb — eutheos — yoo-theh'-oce )

"straightway, directly," is translated "shortly" in 3 John 1:14 . The general use of the word suggests something sooner than "shortly." See FORTHWITH , STRAIGHTWAY.

2: ταχέως

(Strong's #5030 — Adverb — tacheos — takh-eh'-oce )

see QUICKLY , No. 3.

3: τάχιον

(Strong's #5032 — Adverb — tacheion — takh'-ee-on )

see QUICKLY , No. 2.

4: ἐν

(Strong's #1722 5034 — Preposition — en tachei — en )

see QUICKLY , No. 4.

Note: In 2 Peter 1:14 , AV, tachinos, an adjective denoting "swift" (akin to the above), is translated "shortly" (RV, "swiftly"), lit., "the putting off of my tabernacle is swift" (i.e., in its approach). Cp. 2:1.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Shortly'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​s/shortly.html. 1940.
 
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