Skip to content

Strong's G3635 · Greek

ὀκνέω

okneo · ok-neh'-o

from oknos (hesitation); to be slow (figuratively, loath)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ὀκνέω (G3635)

1 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).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

Verses Where This Word Appears

    ← Back to Greek Lexicon