βραδύνω; (βραδύς); to delay, be slow; 1. rarely transitive, to render slow, retard: τήν σωτηρίαν, the Sept. Isa_46:13; passive ὁδός, Sophocles El. 1501 (cf. O. C. 1628). Mostly 2. intransitive, "to be long, to tarry, loiter (so from Aeschylus down): 1Ti_3:15; unusually, with the genitive of the thing which one delays to effect, 2Pe_3:9 τῆς ἐπαγγελίας (A. V. is not slack concerning his promise) i. e. to fulfil his promise; cf. Winer's Grammar, § 30, 6 b. (Sir_32:22 (Sir. 35:22.)

βραδύνω bradynō 2x to be slow, to delay, 1Ti_3:15 ; 2Pe_3:9

βραδύνω ( < βραδύς ), [in LXX : Gen_43:10 ( H4102 hith .), Deu_7:10 , Isa_46:13 ( H309 pi .), Sir_35:18 * ;] 1. trans., to retard ( Soph ., Isa, l.c .). 2. More freq . intrans ., to be slow, to tarry: 1Ti_3:15 , 2Pe_3:9 .†

βραδύνω [page 117] The intrans. use of this verb, which alone is found in the NT, may be illustrated from P Oxy I. 118 .37 (late iii/A.D.) ἐπὶ οὖν βραδύνουσι , since they are delaying, and OGIS 515 .53 (A.D. 209 11) καὶ διὰ τοῦτο καὶ ἡ εὐ [πορία ἡ πρὸς τοὺς κυρίους αὐ ]τοκράτορας τῶν φόρων βραδύνει . So in a papyrus of the second half of ii/A.D., edited by Comparetti in Mιl. Nicole , p. 59 (col. ii. .11 ) ὡς ἂν βραδύνῃς καὶ ὑστερήσῃ ταῦτα τὰ [κτήνη ] τῆς πορείας , οὐκ ἀγνοεῖς οὐδ᾽ αὐτὸς ζημίᾳ σε ὑποπ [είπτειν μέλ ]λοντα , if you delay, and these animals are late for the expedition, you yourself know you will get into trouble. (The document is given again in P Flor II. p. 258.) In the Christian letter, P Gen I. 51 .31 , ἐβράδυνεν is without clear context, but certainly means he delayed. In MGr βραδυάζει or βραδύνει = it is late, evening draws on.

βραδύνω [Etym: βραδύς] trans. "to make slow, delay":— Pass. "to be delayed", Soph. intr. "to be long, to loiter, delay", id=Soph. : so in Mid., Aesch.

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)