Quick Definition
χρονοτριβέω v. I waste time, spend time
Strong's Definition
from a presumed compound of 5550 and the base of 5147; to be a time-wearer, i.e. to procrastinate (linger)
KJV Usage: spend time
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | χρονίζω + τρίβω | τρίβος
67.79 · Time · Duration of Time without Reference to Points or Units of Time: Time, Spend Time, Always, Eternal, Old, Immediately, Young
to spend time to experience a duration of time In a number of languages χρονοτριβέω may be best rendered as ‘to remain for a time’ or idiomatically as ‘to sit for a time.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Χρονοτριβέω, -@: 1 aor. inf. χρονοτριβῆσαι; (χρόνος and τρίβω) ; to wear away time, spend time: Acts xx. 16. (Aristot. rhet. 3, 3, 3 [p. 1406", 37]; Plut., Heliod., Eustath., Byz. writ.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χρονοτριβέω chronotribeō 1x
to spend time, waste time, linger, delay, Acts 20:16*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* χρονοτριβέω, -ῶ
(< χρόνος, τρίβω),
to spend time: Ac 20:16.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
χρονοτριβέω. For this NT ἅπ. εἰρ. = ‘spend time” (Ac 2015) Preisigke (Worterb. s.v.) cites two exx.—UPZ i. 392° (= P Lond I. p- 20) λειτουργίαν τοιαύτην παρεχωμένας χρονοτριβεῖσθαι, and similarly 76. 4039 (= P Par 3342), both of 8.6. 162— 161.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
χρονοτριβέω (chronotribeō) — to spend time. χρονοτρῐβέω, waste time, loiter, [NT+4th c.BC+]:—middle, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
2. with accusative, χ. τὸν πόλεμον protract the war, [Refs 4th c.BC+]