G5551
G5551 — χρονοτριβέω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
chronotribeo (khron-ot-rib-eh'-o) v.
1. to be a time-wearer, i.e. to procrastinate (linger)
[from a presumed compound of G5550 and the base of G5147]
KJV: spend time
Root(s): G5550, G5147
TWOT
Not assigned in current lawful mapping.
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KJV Renderings
spend time
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χρονοτριβέω, χρονοτριβω: 1 aorist infinitive χρονοτριβῆσαι; (χρώς and τρίβῳ); to wear away time, spend time: Act 20:16 (Aristotle, rhet. 3, 3, 3 (p. 1406a, 37); Plutarch, Heliod, Eustathius, Byzantine writings.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
χρονοτριβέω (spend time)
Acts 20:16
- KJV: For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus because he would not spend the time in Asia for he hasted if it were possible for him to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost
- GK: έκρινε γαρ ο Παύλος παραπλεύσαι την Έφεσον όπως μη γένηται αυτώ χρονοτριβήσαι εν τη Ασία έσπευδε γαρ ει δυνατόν ην αυτώ την ημέραν της πεντηκοστής γενέσθαι εις Ιεροσόλυμα