Quick Definition
ὀκνέω v. I delay, hesitate, am slow
Strong's Definition
from oknos (hesitation); to be slow (figuratively, loath)
KJV Usage: delay
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ὀκνηρός
67.125 · Time · Duration of Time with Reference to Some Point of Time: Until, Delay, Still, From
to delay to extend a period of time, with the implication of lack of activity
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὀκνέω, -ῶ: 1 aor. ὥκνησα; (ὄκνος [perh. allied w. the frequent. cunc-tari (cf. Curtius p. 708)] delay); fr. Hom. down; to feel loath, to be slow; to delay, hesitate: foll. by an inf. Actsix.38. (Num. xxii. 16; Judg. xviii. 9, ete.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὀκνέω okneō 1x
to be slow; to delay, hesitate, Acts 9:38*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ὀκνέω, -ῶ
(< ὄκνος, shrinking, hesitation), [in LXX: Nu 22:16 (מנע ni.), Jg 18:9 (עצל ni.), To 12:6, 13, Jth 12:13, Si 7:35, IV Mac 14:4*;]
to shrink from doing, hesitate to do (Hom., Thuc., al.); hence, to delay c. inf., Ac 9:38 (cf. Nu 22:16, and v. MM, xviii).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὀκνέω. This verb, followed by an inf. as in Ac οὔϑ, is found in a weakened sense, as an epistolary formula, e.g. P Eleph 137 (B.c. 223-2) (= Witkowski?, p. 43) εὐχαριστήσεις otp μοι σαυτοῦ τε ἐπιμελόμενος Kal μὴ ὀκνῶν γράφειν ἡμῖν, PSI VI. 621° (iii/B.c.) σὺ δὲ καλῶς ποιήσεις μὴ ὀκνῶν γράφειν αὐτῷ περὶ οὗ ἐὰν χρήΐζῃς. See also Field ores, p. 118, and Proclus de forma epistolart in Hercher Z fist. Gr. p. Se ὀκνῶ yap εἰπεῖν εἰς μοχθηρίαν. A stronger sense is seen in P Giss I. 79:6 (c. A.D. 117) εἰ δυνατόν plot] ἦν διατρί ἐ]-
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ὀκνέω (okneō) — to delay. ὀκν-έω, Epic dialect ὀκνείω [Refs 8th c.BC+]: imperfect ὤκνεον [Refs]: future -ήσω[Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ὤκνησα [Refs 4th c.BC+]: (ὄκνος):—shrink from doing, scruple, hesitate to do a thing, with infinitive, ὀκνείω ἵππων ἐπιβαινέμεν [Refs 8th c.BC+] —In _Attic dialect_ mostly with collateral sense of the feeling which causes the hesitation, and so,
1. of shame or fear (in a moral sense), ὀκνῶ προδότης καλεῖσθαι I shrink from being called, fear to be called, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἷα ἐγὼ ὀκνῶ πρὸς ὑμᾶς ὀνομάσαι shrink from naming, hesitate to name, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. of pity, σὰς ὀκνῶ θρᾶξαι φρένας [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. most commonly of cowardice or indolence, μεμηνότ᾽ ἄνδρα.. ὀκνεῖς ἰδεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+] —The Homeric _construction_ with infinitive continued most common (see. above): rarely with accusative, πῶς τὸ μητρὸς λέκτρον οὐκ ὀκνεῖν με δε; [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. frequently also absolutely, shrink, hesitate, hang back, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of soldiers, [Refs 4th c.BC+]