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Strong’s G5551 · Greek

χρονοτριβέω

chronotribéō · khron-ot-rib-eh'-o

Origin from a presumed compound of χρόνος (G5550) and the base of τρίβος (G5147);

Meaning to be a time-wearer, i.e. to procrastinate (linger)

In the King James Version spend time.

In 1 verse of the King James Version

  1. Acts 20:16For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost.

From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.

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