Oknéō — G3635

Definition

verb

to be slow (figuratively, loath)

1. to delay, hesitate

Usually translated as

delay

Origin

from óknos (hesitation)

Occurrences

Oknéō occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Acts (1)

• 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 (οκνησαι) to come to them.