G3635: ὀκνέω
oknéō · “to delay”
Definition
to be slow (figuratively, loath)
KJV translates it as: delay
Word origin: from (hesitation);
Extended definition
ὀκνέω, -ῶ
(ὄκνος, shrinking, hesitation), [in LXX: Num.22:16 (מָנַע ni.), Jdg.18:9 (אָצַל ni.), Tob.12:6, 13, Jdth.12:13, Sir.7:35, 4Ma.14:4 * ;]
to shrink from doing, hesitate to do (Hom., Thuc., al.); hence, to delay with inf., Act.9:38 (cf. Nu, l.with, and see MM, xviii).†
(AS)
(ὄκνος, shrinking, hesitation), [in LXX: Num.22:16 (מָנַע ni.), Jdg.18:9 (אָצַל ni.), Tob.12:6, 13, Jdth.12:13, Sir.7:35, 4Ma.14:4 * ;]
to shrink from doing, hesitate to do (Hom., Thuc., al.); hence, to delay with inf., Act.9:38 (cf. Nu, l.with, and see MM, xviii).†
(AS)
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How G3635 is translated
- you may delay ×1
Bible verses with G3635 (oknéō)
Oknéō appears in 1 verse.
- Acts 9:38
And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring him that he would not delay to come to them.