Delay - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
Delay
[ A-1,Verb,G3635, okneo ]akin to oknos, a shrinking, to be loath or slow to do a thing, to hesitate, delay," is used in Acts 9:38. In the Sept. in Numbers 22:16, "do not delay;" Judges 18:9.
[ A-2,Verb,G5549, chronizo ]
from chronos, "time," lit. means "to while away time," i.e., by way of lingering, tarrying, "delaying;" "delayeth," Matthew 24:48; Luke 12:45; "tarried," Matthew 25:5; "tarried so long," Luke 1:21; "will (not) tarry," Hebrews 10:37. See TARRY.
[ B-1,Noun,G311, anabole ]
lit. signifies "that which is thrown up" (ana, "up," ballo, "to throw"); hence "a delay," Acts 25:17. See DEFER.
Note: In Revelation 10:6, chronos is translated "delay" in RV marg., and is to be taken as the true meaning.