Delay
Delay
de-la: The noun delay (Act 25:17, I made no delay; the King James Version without any delay) means procrastination. The verb to delay (Exo 22:29; , ‘ahar) involves the idea to stop for a time, the people being admonished not to discontinue a custom. The Pil. perfect of , bush (Exo 32:1), Moses delayed to come, expresses not only the fact that he tarried, but also the disappointment on the part of the people, being under the impression that he possibly was put to shame and had failed in his mission, which also better explains the consequent action of the people. To delay (, chronzo) is used transitively in Mat 24:48 (the Revised Version (British and American) My lord tarrieth) and in Luk 12:45. The meaning here is to prolong, to defer.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Delay
akin to oknos, “a shrinking, to be loath or slow to do a thing, to hesitate, delay,” is used in Act 9:38. In the Sept. in Num 22:16, “do not delay;” Jdg 18:9.
from chronos, “time,” lit. means “to while away time,” i.e., by way of lingering, tarrying, “delaying;” “delayeth,” Mat 24:48; Luk 12:45; “tarried,” Mat 25:5; “tarried so long,” Luk 1:21; “will (not) tarry,” Heb 10:37. See TARRY.
lit. signifies “that which is thrown up” (ana, “up,” ballo, “to throw”); hence “a delay,” Act 25:17. See DEFER.
Note: In Rev 10:6, chronos is translated “delay” in RV marg., and is to be taken as the true meaning.