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International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Delay:

de-la':The noun "delay" (Ac 25:17, "I made no delay"; the King James Version "without any delay") means "procrastination." The verb "to delay" (Ex 22:29; ‘achar) involves the idea "to stop for a time," the people being admonished not to discontinue a custom. The Pil. perfect of bush (Ex 32:1), "Moses delayed to come," expresses not only the fact that he tarried, but also the disappointment on the part of the people, being under the impression that he possibly was put to shame and had failed in his mission, which also better explains the consequent action of the people. "To delay" (chronizo) is used transitively in Mt 24:48 (the Revised Version (British and American) "My lord tarrieth") and in Lu 12:45. The meaning here is "to prolong," "to defer."

Written by Arthur L. Breslich

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
A-1 Verb Strong's Number: g3635 Greek: okneo

Delay:

akin to oknos, "a shrinking, to be loath or slow to do a thing, to hesitate, delay," is used in Act 9:38. In the Sept. in Num 22:16, "do not delay;" Jdg 18:9.

A-2 Verb Strong's Number: g5549 Greek: chronizo

Delay:

from chronos, "time," lit. means "to while away time," i.e., by way of lingering, tarrying, "delaying;" "delayeth," Mat 24:48; Luk 12:45; "tarried," Mat 25:5; "tarried so long," Luk 1:21; "will (not) tarry," Hbr 10:37.
See TARRY.

B-1 Noun Strong's Number: g311 Greek: anabole

Delay:

lit. signifies "that which is thrown up" (ana, "up," ballo, "to throw"); hence "a delay," Act 25:17.
See DEFER.

Note: In Rev 10:6, chronos is translated "delay" in RV marg., and is to be taken as the true meaning.

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