Forms of the word

Dictionary
ὀκνέω
Greek transliteration
okneō
Simplified transliteration
okneo
Principal Parts
-, ὤκνησα, -, -, -

Numbers

Strong's number
3635
GK Number
3890

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
1
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
v-1d(2a)
Gloss
to delay, hesitate
Definition
to be slow; to delay, hesitate, Acts 9:38*

Greek-English Concordance for ὀκνέω

Acts 9:38 Since Lydda is near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to him urging him, “Do (oknēsēs | ὀκνήσῃς | aor act subj 2 sg) not delay (oknēsēs | ὀκνήσῃς | aor act subj 2 sg) in coming to us.”

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