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.
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," Heb 10:37. See TARRY. 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.
