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GreekG5549Verb

χρονίζω

chronizō

5Occurrences
G5549Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to take time, i.e. linger

from G5550 (χρόνος);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
to spend or take time, to tarry, linger, delay: with dative loc.; with inf.
LXX: chiefly for אָחַר pi.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

χρονίζω appears 5 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Luke
2
Matthew
2
Hebrews
1

Key Passages

Hebrews 10:37BSB

For,“In just a little while,He who is coming will come and will not delay.

Luke 1:21BSB

Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he took so long in the temple.

Luke 12:45BSB

But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk.

Matthew 24:48BSB

But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’

Matthew 25:5BSB

When the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and fell asleep.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.