Strong G5549χρονίζω
to delay
- Transliteration
- chronizō
- Pronunciation
- khron-id'-zo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G5550; to take time that is linger: - delay tarry.
Detailed definition
χρονίζω
(χρόνος), [in LXX chiefly for אָחַר pi.;]
to spend or take time, to tarry, linger, delay: Mat.24:48 25:5, Heb.10:37; before ἐν, with dative loc., Luk.1:21; with inf., Luk.12:45.†
(AS)
(χρόνος), [in LXX chiefly for אָחַר pi.;]
to spend or take time, to tarry, linger, delay: Mat.24:48 25:5, Heb.10:37; before ἐν, with dative loc., Luk.1:21; with inf., Luk.12:45.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5549 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- tarry3
- delayeth2
- will1
First verses
- Matthew 24:48But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
- Matthew 25:5While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
- Luke 1:21And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple.
- Luke 12:45But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
- Hebrews 10:37For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
χρον-ίζω,
(χρόνος):
I intransitive, spend time, περὶ Αἴγυπτον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.61.)]
I.2 last, continue, τὸ μὲν καλῶς ἔχον ὅπως χρονίζον εὖ μενεῖ βουλευτέον [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 847; ἐν τῇ ὑστέρᾳ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 523a23)]; χρονίζωσι[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 537a7; οὐ χ. τὸ ἀλγοῦν συνεχῶς ἐν τῇ σαρκί 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Sententiae” 4, compare 4th c.BC: Diogenes Cynicus Philosophus Oen.58.)]
I.3 χ. δρῶν persevere in doing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 255b.)]
I.4 take time, tarry, linger, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1356, “Ch.” 64 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.49, 8.16)]; κεχρονικότες, opposed to ὑπόγυιοι τῇ ὀργῇ ὄντες, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1380b5; κεχρονικὼς ἐν Ῥώμῃ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 33.16.6; χρονίσαι κατὰ τὸ βαλανεῖον 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.417; ἡ ναῦς καὶ τὸν χρόνον τοῦτον ὃν ἐπιστέλλω σοι χρονίζει 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιστολαί” 14)]: with infinitive, delay to do, χ. καταβῆναι [LXX+NT (LXX.Exo.32.1 (also χ. τοῦ ποιῆσαί τιLXX.Gen.34.19), NT.Luke.12.45.)]
I.5 of ailments, to be or become chronic, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 3.28.)]
I.6 of wine, to be or become old, to have age, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 1.33a.)]
II passive, to be prolonged or delayed, τῶνδε πίστις οὐκ ὄκνῳ χρονίζεται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 54, compare “Ch.” 957 (Lyric poetry); πολέμου χρονισθέντος 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.27; [τὴν εὔνοιαν] χρονιζομένην.. φιλίαν γενέσθαι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1167a11; χ. ἐν τῷ σώματι)]continue, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Pr.” 907b22; τὰ κεχρονισμένα νοσήματα 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).31.)]
II.2 grow up, χρονισθεὶς δ᾽ ἀπέδειξεν ἔθος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 727 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.3 to be located in time, made temporal, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis Physica commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 716.11, 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 405.)]
(χρόνος):
I intransitive, spend time, περὶ Αἴγυπτον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.61.)]
I.2 last, continue, τὸ μὲν καλῶς ἔχον ὅπως χρονίζον εὖ μενεῖ βουλευτέον [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 847; ἐν τῇ ὑστέρᾳ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 523a23)]; χρονίζωσι[Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 537a7; οὐ χ. τὸ ἀλγοῦν συνεχῶς ἐν τῇ σαρκί 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Sententiae” 4, compare 4th c.BC: Diogenes Cynicus Philosophus Oen.58.)]
I.3 χ. δρῶν persevere in doing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 255b.)]
I.4 take time, tarry, linger, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1356, “Ch.” 64 (Lyric poetry), 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.49, 8.16)]; κεχρονικότες, opposed to ὑπόγυιοι τῇ ὀργῇ ὄντες, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1380b5; κεχρονικὼς ἐν Ῥώμῃ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 33.16.6; χρονίσαι κατὰ τὸ βαλανεῖον 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.417; ἡ ναῦς καὶ τὸν χρόνον τοῦτον ὃν ἐπιστέλλω σοι χρονίζει 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιστολαί” 14)]: with infinitive, delay to do, χ. καταβῆναι [LXX+NT (LXX.Exo.32.1 (also χ. τοῦ ποιῆσαί τιLXX.Gen.34.19), NT.Luke.12.45.)]
I.5 of ailments, to be or become chronic, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 3.28.)]
I.6 of wine, to be or become old, to have age, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 1.33a.)]
II passive, to be prolonged or delayed, τῶνδε πίστις οὐκ ὄκνῳ χρονίζεται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 54, compare “Ch.” 957 (Lyric poetry); πολέμου χρονισθέντος 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 3.27; [τὴν εὔνοιαν] χρονιζομένην.. φιλίαν γενέσθαι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1167a11; χ. ἐν τῷ σώματι)]continue, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Pr.” 907b22; τὰ κεχρονισμένα νοσήματα 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 18(2).31.)]
II.2 grow up, χρονισθεὶς δ᾽ ἀπέδειξεν ἔθος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 727 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.3 to be located in time, made temporal, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis Physica commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 716.11, 5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 405.)]