ὀκνέω
okneō
- to delay
- to shrink
- hesitate
STEPBible TBESG
Glosses: to delay
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)
Abbott-Smith
Glosses: to shrink; hesitate; to delay
to shrink; hesitate; to delay