συντέμνω; perfect passive participle συντετμημενος; from Aeschylus and Herodotus down; 1. to cut to pieces (cf. σύν, II. 3). 2. to cut short; metaphorically, to despatch briefly, execute or finish quickly; to hasten (συντέμνειν namely, τήν ὁδόν, to take a short cut, go the shortest way, Herodotus 7, 123; namely, τόν λόγον, to speak briefly, Euripides, Tro. 441; τάς ἀποκρισεις, to abridge, sum up, Plato, Prot., p. 334 d.; ἐν βραχεῖ πολλούς λόγους, Aristophanes Thesm. 178): λόγον (which see I. 2 b. α.), to bring a prophecy or decree speedily to accomplishment, Rom_9:28; λόγος συντετμημενος, a short word, i. e. an expedited prophecy or decree, ibid. (R G Tr marginal reading in brackets) (both instances from the Sept. of Isa_10:23); cf. Fritzsche at the passage, vol. ii, p. 350.

συντέμνω syntemnō 1x pr. to cut short, contract by cutting off; met. to execute speedily, or from the Hebrew, to determine, decide, decree, Rom_9:28 (2x)

συν -τέμνω , [in LXX chiefly for H2782 ;] 1. to cut in pieces . 2. to cut down, cut short: metapb., λόγον , Rom_9:28 ( LXX ) ( Hdt ., Plat ., Fur., al. ).†

συντέμνω [page 614] For the metaph. use cut down, cut short, λόγον , as in Rom_9:28 LXX, cf. Gnomon prooem . (= BGU V. p. 10) τὰ ἐν μέ [σ ]ῳ [κεφ ]άλαι̣α συντεμὼν ὑπέταξ [ά ] σοι . The subst. συντομή is used literally in P Oxy XIV. 1692 .12, .15 (A.D. 188).

συντέμνω [Etym: from συντελής] ionic -τάμνω fut. -τεμῶ aor2 -έτεμον aor2 inf. -τεμεῖν "to cut in pieces: to cut down, cut short", Lat. conci_dere, Thuc. :—metaph. "to curtail, abridge", Aesch. , Ar. :—esp. of expenses, Thuc. , Xen. : of persons, "to cut off", Soph. ς. χιτῶνας "to cut out, shape" them, Xen. seemingly intr. (sub. ὁδόν) "to cut the road short, cut across", Hdt. :—so, of speech, "to cut the matter short, speak briefly", Eur. really intr., τοῦ χρόνου συντάμνοντος as the time "became short", Hdt.

συν-τέμνω [in LXX chiefly for חָרַץ ;] __1. to cut in pieces. __2. to cut down, cut short: metapb., λόγον, Rom.9:28 (LXX) (Hdt., Plat., Fur., al.).† (AS)