Shortly <1,,2112, eutheos>
"straightway, directly," is translated "shortly" in 3Jo 1:14. The general use of the word suggests something sooner than "shortly." See FORTHWITH, STRAIGHTWAY.
<2,,5030, tacheos>
see QUICKLY, No. 3.
<3,,5032, tacheion>
see QUICKLY, No. 2.
<4,,1722 5034,en tachei> see QUICKLY, No. 4.
Note: In 2Pe 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. 2Pe 2:1.
