ὀκνέω
oknéō · G3635 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to delay
To extend a period of time, with the implication of lack of activity
ExamplesActs 9:38 Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, having heard that Peter was there, sent two men to him, urging him, “Do not delay in coming to us.”
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated: you (one person) 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- διέρχομαιto pass through, to go through 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- μήnot 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- παρακαλέωto plead for, to appeal to, to encourage 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 3 words
- ἀναβολή anabolḗ · G311 · to put off, to postpone
- Both terms occupy the same conceptual space of delay or postponement. The target denotes an internal reluctance or hesitation to act, while ἀναβολή denotes the external act of deferral itself — a subjective-versus-objective distinction that does not amount to the two denoting different referents, but rather two facets of the same procrastination phenomenon.
- βραδύνω bradýnō · G1019 · to be slow, to delay
- Both verbs express the concept of delaying or acting slowly. The limited attestation of ὀκνέω constrains demonstration of full interchangeability, but the terms converge on the same core sense of hesitation or slowness in action.
- βραδύτης bradýtēs · G1022 · slowness, delay
- Both terms express the concept of slowness or delay, with βραδύτης capturing the abstract quality (tardiness) and ὀκνέω expressing the action or state of being slow. The attestation of each term is limited to a single New Testament occurrence, but the domain convergence and compatible glosses support treating them as expressing the same underlying concept in different grammatical realizations.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To delay67.125
- Urging Peter to come to Joppa, Acts 9:38 states the disciples sent two men to him, “urging him, ‘Do not delay in coming to us,’” where “delay” renders this verb.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ό᾿κνω: 1 aorist ώ᾿κνησα; (ὄκνος (perhaps allied with the frequent.cunc-tari (cf. Curtius,…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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