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Delay
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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akin to oknos, "a shrinking, to be loath or slow to do a thing, to hesitate, delay," is used in Acts 9:38 . In the Sept. in Numbers 22:16 , "do not delay;" Judges 18:9 .
from chronos, "time," lit. means "to while away time," i.e., by way of lingering, tarrying, "delaying;" "delayeth," Matthew 24:48; Luke 12:45; "tarried," Matthew 25:5; "tarried so long," Luke 1:21; "will (not) tarry," Hebrews 10:37 . See TARRY.
lit. signifies "that which is thrown up" (ana, "up," ballo, "to throw"); hence "a delay," Acts 25:17 . See DEFER.
Note: In Revelation 10:6 , chronos is translated "delay" in RV marg., and is to be taken as the true meaning.Copyright Statement
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Delay'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/d/delay.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Delay'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/d/delay.html. 1940.
