To delay
βραδύνωStrong’s G1019bradunō
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Bradunō is the Greek word usually translated “shall delay” and “does delay”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.”
Meaning
Usually translated “shall delay” and “does delay”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- i shall delay 1
- does delay 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Timothy 1
- 2 Peter 1
2 books in all.
Greek dictionary
βραδύνω bradunō · to delay
βραδύνω (βραδύς), [in LXX: Gen.43:10 (מההּ hith.), Deu.7:10, Isa.46:13 (אחר pi.), Si 32 (35):18 * ;] 1. trans., to retard (Soph., Is, l.with). 2. More frequently intrans., to be slow, to tarry: 1Ti.3:15, 2Pe.3:9. † (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.