Delay
ἀναβολήStrong’s G0311anabolē
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Anabolē is the Greek word usually translated “delay”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Therefore, when they were come hither, without any delay on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought forth.”
Meaning
Usually translated “delay”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- delay 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
ἀναβολή anabolē · delay
ἀναβολή, - ῆς, ἡ (ά αβάλλω), [in LXX for בּנף, etc. ;] delay: Act.25:17 (for exx. of other meanings, see MM, VGT, see word).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “delay” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DELAY, verb transitive
- To prolong the time of acting, or proceeding; to put off; to defer.“My lord delayeth his coming” Matthew 24:48
- To retard; to stop, detain or hinder for a time; to restrain motion, or render it slow; as, the mail is delated by bad roads.
- To allay.
All definitions and other forms of “delay”
DELAY, verb intransitive
To linger; to move slow; or to stop for a time.
DELAY, noun
- A lingering; stay; stop.
- A putting off or deferring; procrastination; as, the delay of trial is not to be imputed to the plaintiff.
- Hinderance for a time.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.