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shor'-t'-n: The Hebrew word qatsar and the Greek koloboo literally indicate abbreviation of time or space (Ps 89:45; Prov 10:27; Ezek 42:5); figuratively they point to limitation of power or of suffering (Num 11:23; Isa 50:2; Isa 59:1; Matt 24:22; Mark 13:20).