Quick Definition
χρονίζω v. I delay, tarry
Strong's Definition
to take time, i.e. linger
Derivation: from G5550 (χρόνος);
KJV Usage: delay, tarry
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | μακροχρόνιος · χρόνος · χρονοτριβέω
67.122 · Time · Duration of Time with Reference to Some Point of Time: Until, Delay, Still, From
to be late to extend a state or an event beyond an expected time
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χρονίζω chronizō 5x
to spend time; to linger, delay, be long, Mt. 24:48; 25:5; Lk. 1:21; 12:45; Heb. 10:37*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
χρονίζω
(< χρόνος), [in LXX chiefly for אחר pi. ;]
to spend or take time, to tarry, linger, delay: Mt 24:48 25:5, He 10:37; seq. ἐν, c. dat. loc., Lk 1:21; c. inf., Lk 12:45.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
χρονίζω simply to a confusion of sound between Χριστ- and χρηστ-: cf. Radermacher Gr.*, p. 45. The common use of Xpyorés as a proper name may, however, also be recalled, see s.v. χρηστός. Deissmann (LA£*, p. 377), following Winer-Schmiedel Gr. § 16, 2c, n.1® (p. 135), draws attention to the analogy on linguistic grounds between Χριστιανός and Καισαριανός, “*Caesarian,” ‘‘Imperial (slave): cf. P Lond 256 recto* (A.D. 11-15) (=II. p. 96, Chrest. I. p. go7) Φαῦστος Πρίσκου Καίσαρος, one of the imperial slaves. As an ex. of the word from the inscrr., we may cite a wall-scratching from Egypt, Prezsigke 2273 Σταῦρος δῶν Χριστιανῶν. See further R. A. Lepsius Uder den Ursprung und altesten Gebrauch des Christennamens (Jena, 1873), also the art. “Christian” in Hastings DB i. p. 384ff., and A. Carr Exp V. vii. p. 456 ff. χριστός (Xp-). We cannot expect our sources to throw much light on this important verbal, but we may note that apparently the earliest ex. of its use as a title is to be found in Pss. Sol. XVil. 36 kal βασιλεὺς αὐτῶν χριστὸς κύριος, where we should probably read χριστὸς κυρίου, ‘‘and their King shall be the Lord’s Anointed.” For full discussions of the Jewish and the Christian use of the word, see Dalman Words of Jesus, p. 289 ff., Burton Gai. (in JCC), p. 395 ff., and New Zestament Word Studies (Chicago, 1927), p. 27 ff., and Preuschen-Bauer WW/érter6. s.v. Attention may be drawn here to G, Ghedini’s collection of Lettere Christiane dai Papiri Grect del 711. e IV. Secolo (Milan, 1923), and to C. Wessely’s Zes plus anciens Monuments du Christianisme écrits sur Papyrus, being Patrologia Orientalts IV. 2 and XVIII. 3 (Paris, 1907, 1924).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
χρονίζω (chronizō) — to delay. χρον-ίζω, (χρόνος):
I. intransitive, spend time, περὶ Αἴγυπτον [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.2. last, continue, τὸ μὲν καλῶς ἔχον ὅπως χρονίζον εὖ μενεῖ βουλευτέον [Refs 4th c.BC+]; χρονίζωσι[Refs 4th c.BC+]
I.3. χ. δρῶν persevere in doing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.4. take time, tarry, linger, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κεχρονικότες, opposed to ὑπόγυιοι τῇ ὀργῇ ὄντες, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, delay to do, χ. καταβῆναι [LXX+NT]
I.5. of ailments, to be or become chronic, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.6. of wine, to be or become old, to have age, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. passive, to be prolonged or delayed, τῶνδε πίστις οὐκ ὄκνῳ χρονίζεται [Refs 5th c.BC+]continue, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.2. grow up, χρονισθεὶς δ᾽ ἀπέδειξεν ἔθος [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.3. to be located in time, made temporal, [Refs 5th c.AD+]