Quick Definition
συντόμως Adv concisely, briefly
Strong's Definition
concisely (briefly)
Derivation: adverb from a derivative of G4932 (συντέμνω);
KJV Usage: a few words
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
συν-τόμως, (συντέμνω), [fr. Aeschyl., Soph., Plat. down], ady., concisely i. e. briefly, in few words: ἀκοῦσαί τινος, ‘Acts xxiv 4 (γράψαι, Joseph. c. Ap. 1, 15 διδάσκειν. ibid. 1, 6,25 [εἰπεῖν, ibid. 2, 14,1; ἐξαγγέλλειν, Mk. xvi. WH (rejected) ‘Shorter Conclusion’]); for exx. fr. Grk. writ. see Passow [or L. and S.] s. v. fin.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
συντόμως syntomōs 1x
concisely, briefly, Acts 24:4*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
συν-τόμως,
adv.
(< συντέμνω) [in LXX: Pr 13:23 (בְּלֹאמׅשְׁפָּט) 23:28, III Mac 5:25 * ;]
concisely, briefly: Ac 24:4 (for a similar ex., v. MM, xxiv).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
συντόμως. The nearest parallel we can give to the NT usage ‘‘ briefly ’” in Ac 24* occurs in an astronomical treatise published in the Rylands papyri, I. 27%? (iii/A.p.) ἄλλως συντομώτερον ἀπὸ ἀρχῆς, “another shorter way, starting from the beginning” (Edd.). But cf. the adj. in a rhetorical fragment of ili/A.D., PSI I. 85% ἀπομνημόνευμα σύντομον ἐπὶ προσώπου τινὸς ἐπενετόν, 8150 8, 14, and the subst. in P Leid V* © (ii/iv a.p.) (=II. p. 33) διὰ πάσης συνστομίας (2. συντομίας), ‘‘omni brevitate.” The reference of the word to time ‘‘quickly,’’ ‘‘at once,” is common :—P Cairo Zen II. 592012 (B.c. 254) ᾿Απολλώνιον τὸν ἐργολάβον (‘‘contractor’’) ἀποστελοῦμεν πρὸς. σὲ συντόμως, P Amh II. 37}} (B.c. 196 or 172) Tapaγενήσομαι συντόμως, and BGU III. 824! (a.p. 55-56) παράβαλε οὖν ἐκεῖ, elva συντόμως αὐτὸ ποιήσῃ Kal καλόν. Cf. P Cairo Zen I. 590288 (8.6. 258) ὅτι συντομώτατα, and P Grenf II. 94% 4 (vi/vii a.p,) διὰ συντόμον.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
συντόμως (suntomōs) — concisely. Included with: σύντομ-ος, ον, cut short, abridged, especially of a road, ἀτραπὸς ξ. a short cut, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; -ώτατον the shortest cut, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σύντομος (i.e. ὁδός) [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. of language, concise, brief, μῦθος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; -ώτερος ὁ λόγος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. ἀνάμνησις a concise summary, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; φανῶ.. σημεῖα τῶνδε σ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ σ. conciseness, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
3. of other things, -ωτάτη διαπολέμησις [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. ἐμβολή, παρουσία, etc., [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
4. of stature, short, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
II. adverb -μως concisely, briefly, σ. φημίσασθαι, λέξειν, etc., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πεύσει τὰ πάντα σ[Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative -ώτερον[Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative -ώτατα[Refs 4th c.BC+]; -ωτάτως [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. of Time, shortly, quickly, immediately, ἀπολλύναι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative -ώτατα[Refs 3rd c.BC+]