King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3635
Transliteration: okneō
Phonetic Spelling: (ok-neh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to shrink (from doing), to hesitate (to do)
Meaning: to shrink (from doing), to hesitate (to do)
ὀκνέω, ό᾿κνω: 1 aorist ώ᾿κνησα; (ὄκνος (perhaps allied with the frequent.cunc-tari (cf. Curtius, p. 708)) delay); from Homer down; to feel loath, to be slow; to delay, hesitate: followed by an infinitive Acts 9:38. (Numbers 22:16; Judges 18:9, etc.)
Word Summary
okneō: to shrink (from doing), to hesitate (to do)
Original Word: ὀκνέωTransliteration: okneō
Phonetic Spelling: (ok-neh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to shrink (from doing), to hesitate (to do)
Meaning: to shrink (from doing), to hesitate (to do)
Strong's Concordance
delay. From oknos (hesitation); to be slow (figuratively, loath) -- delay.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3635: ὀκνέωὀκνέω, ό᾿κνω: 1 aorist ώ᾿κνησα; (ὄκνος (perhaps allied with the frequent.cunc-tari (cf. Curtius, p. 708)) delay); from Homer down; to feel loath, to be slow; to delay, hesitate: followed by an infinitive Acts 9:38. (Numbers 22:16; Judges 18:9, etc.)