Strong G3635ὀκνέω
to delay
- Transliteration
- okneō
- Pronunciation
- ok-neh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From ὄκνος oknos (hesitation); to be slow (figuratively loath): - delay.
Detailed 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)
In the Bible
Strong G3635 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- delay1
- will1
First verses
- Acts 9:38And 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.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ὀκν-έω,
Epic dialect ὀκνείω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.255)]: imperfect ὤκνεον [Refs (20.155)]: future -ήσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.72)]: aorist ὤκνησα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.103, etc.)]: (ὄκνος):—shrink from doing, scruple, hesitate to do a thing, with infinitive, ὀκνείω ἵππων ἐπιβαινέμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.255; ἀρχέμεναι πολέμοιο ὤκνεον 20.155.)] —In _Attic dialect_ mostly with collateral sense of the feeling which causes the hesitation, and so,
1 of shame or fear (in a moral sense), ὀκνῶ προδότης καλεῖσθαι I shrink from being called, fear to be called, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 93, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.61, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Fragmenta” 23)]; οἷα ἐγὼ ὀκνῶ πρὸς ὑμᾶς ὀνομάσαι shrink from naming, hesitate to name, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.19, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 462e; τοσαῦθ᾽ ὅσ᾽ ὀκνήσαιμ᾽ ἂν.. εἰπεῖν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.103, compare 24.7, etc.)]
2 of pity, σὰς ὀκνῶ θρᾶξαι φρένας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 628, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1271.)]
3 most commonly of cowardice or indolence, μεμηνότ᾽ ἄνδρα.. ὀκνεῖς ἰδεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Aj.” 81, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.120, etc.)] —The Homeric _construction_ with infinitive continued most common (see. above): rarely with accusative, πῶς τὸ μητρὸς λέκτρον οὐκ ὀκνεῖν με δε; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 976; ὃν μήτ᾽ ὀκνεῖτε [prev. author] “OC” 731, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.21; ἂν ὀκνῇς τὸ μανθάνειν 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 213.1; also ὀ. περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.20; ὀ. μή.. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 257c, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.3.9, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.18.)]
II frequently also absolutely, shrink, hesitate, hang back, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.50, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 22, 320, 5th c.BC: Antipho Sophista 55, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Prom.” 18, etc.)]; of soldiers, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1297b11.)]
Epic dialect ὀκνείω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.255)]: imperfect ὤκνεον [Refs (20.155)]: future -ήσω[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.72)]: aorist ὤκνησα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.103, etc.)]: (ὄκνος):—shrink from doing, scruple, hesitate to do a thing, with infinitive, ὀκνείω ἵππων ἐπιβαινέμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.255; ἀρχέμεναι πολέμοιο ὤκνεον 20.155.)] —In _Attic dialect_ mostly with collateral sense of the feeling which causes the hesitation, and so,
1 of shame or fear (in a moral sense), ὀκνῶ προδότης καλεῖσθαι I shrink from being called, fear to be called, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 93, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.61, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Fragmenta” 23)]; οἷα ἐγὼ ὀκνῶ πρὸς ὑμᾶς ὀνομάσαι shrink from naming, hesitate to name, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.19, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 462e; τοσαῦθ᾽ ὅσ᾽ ὀκνήσαιμ᾽ ἂν.. εἰπεῖν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.103, compare 24.7, etc.)]
2 of pity, σὰς ὀκνῶ θρᾶξαι φρένας [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 628, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1271.)]
3 most commonly of cowardice or indolence, μεμηνότ᾽ ἄνδρα.. ὀκνεῖς ἰδεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Aj.” 81, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.120, etc.)] —The Homeric _construction_ with infinitive continued most common (see. above): rarely with accusative, πῶς τὸ μητρὸς λέκτρον οὐκ ὀκνεῖν με δε; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 976; ὃν μήτ᾽ ὀκνεῖτε [prev. author] “OC” 731, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.2.21; ἂν ὀκνῇς τὸ μανθάνειν 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 213.1; also ὀ. περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.20; ὀ. μή.. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 257c, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.3.9, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.18.)]
II frequently also absolutely, shrink, hesitate, hang back, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.50, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 22, 320, 5th c.BC: Antipho Sophista 55, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Prom.” 18, etc.)]; of soldiers, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1297b11.)]