Quick Definition
ἀναβολή, ῆς, ἡ n.f. postponement, delay, putting off
Strong's Definition
from 306; a putting off
KJV Usage: delay
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ῆς | βάλλω
67.127 · Time · Duration of Time with Reference to Some Point of Time: Until, Delay, Still, From
to put off, to postpone to extend a period of time by postponing an event
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀνα-βολή, -ῆς, 7, (ἀναβάλλω, q. V.), often in Grk. writ., a putting off, delay: ποιεῖσθαι ἀναβολήν to interpose (lit. make) delay, Acts xxv. 17, (as in Thue. 2,42; Dion. Hal. 11, 33; Plut. Camill.'¢. 35).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀναβολή anabolē 1x
delay, Acts 25:17*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀναβολή, -ῆς, ἡ
(< ά αβάλλω), [in LXX for כּנף, etc.;]
delay: Ac 25:17 (for exx. of other meanings, v. MM, VGT, s.v.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀναβολή. The word is used with a large variety of meanings. Thus P Amh II. 34 (α)5 (c. B.c. 157) ἐκθεῖναι τὴν κατάστασιν els μηδεμίαν ἀναβολὴν (‘‘without delay”) ποησαμένους : cf. Syl/ 425" (iii/B.c.) ἀναβολὰν λαβόντες ἔτη τρία. In P Oxy IV. 7297 (A.D. 137) τὴν δὲ ἀν[α]βολὴν ποιήσονται ἀπὸ τῶν ἐθίμων ἀναβολῶν, and P Goodsp Cairo 15 (A.D. 362) τὴν ἀναβολὴν πεποίημαι, we have the same phrase as in Ac 2517 (pius the article), but in a wholly different sense, ‘‘ to make an embankment.” In P Tebt 11. 3752 (a.p. 265) τοὺς [δι]ωρύγων τε κ[αὶ ὑδ]ραγωγῶν [ἀ]ναβολάς is rendered by the editors ‘‘banking up of canals and conduits,” and probably a similar rendering, rather than “‘ dredging,” should be given to P Amh 11. 911} (a.b. 159) ἀναβολὰς διωρύγω(ν) : cf. CPHerm 41 χώμασι καὶ ἀναβολαῖς, and P Lond 1171% (B.c. 8) (=IIL. p. 179) ἀναβολῆς ναυβίων (see on ἀναβάλλω, and Kenyon’s note here). In P Oxy VI. 909° (A.D. 225) τὴν προκειμένων ἀκανθῶν ἀναβολήν, the word is used in the unusual sense of digging up or uprooting (see the editors’ τέρα ἀνβολὰ (/. τέσσαρας ἀναβολάς), “" 4 bags,” and compare P Oxy IV. 74174 (ii/a.p.) where ἀναβολή, in the sense of ἀναβολίδιον, occurs next before προχείρια in a list of articles. Further in a legal document P Petr III. 21 (g)?* (iii/B.c.) we have τῆς ἀναβολῆς Tod ἱματίου with hiatus before and after, so that we cannot certainly join the words. In P Théad Iny. 15, a receipt of Constantine’s time, those who grant the receipt name themselves ἀποδέκται λίνου τοῦ ἱεροῦ ἀναβολικοῦ, where Jouguet finds a reference to the linen fora military mantle “(ἀναβολικοῦ ae ἀναβολή --ἀμβολή = abolla, etc.) : but see Wilcken Archiv, iv. p. 185.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀναβολή (anabolē) — delay. ἀναβολ-ή, poetry ἀμβολή, ἡ: (ἀναβάλλω):
I. of things:
I.1. that which is thrown up, mound of earth, bank, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. χωμάτων casting up of dykes, [Refs]; διωρύγων[Refs]
I.2. that which is thrown back over the shoulder, mantle, [LXX+5th c.BC+]; of the toga, [Refs 1st c.BC+]: also, fashion of wearing a cloak, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. of actions,
II.1. striking up, prelude on the lyre preliminary to singing, ὁπόταν προοιμίων ἀμβολὰς τεύχῃς ἐλελιζομένη, addressed to the lyre, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of dithyramb, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence, rambling dithyrambic ode, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. putting off, delaying, οὐκέτι ἐς ἀναβολὰς ἐποιεῦντο τὴν ἀποχώρησιν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἐς ἀμβολάς without delay, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ταῖς ἀ. τῶν κακῶν ἔνεστ᾽ ἄκη [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ ἀναβολῇ πρᾶσιν, ὠνὴν ποιεῖσθαι sell, buy on credit, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀναβολὰν λαβόντες ἔτη τρία[Refs]
II.2. b deferred payment, εὐχρηστήσας σῖτον ἐπ᾽ ἀναβολῇ Ἀρχ.Ἐφ. 1912.60[Refs]
II.3. ἀ. δίκης ἐπὶ τὸν βασιλέα reference, appeal, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
II.4. lifting, hence, removal, of tumours, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
III. intransitive, going up, ascent, way up, ἀ. τῶν Ἄλπεων[Refs 2nd c.BC+]
III.2. bubbling up, πομφολύγων[Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the Nile, sources, ἀμβολαί[Refs]