Definition

to take time, i.e. linger

Etymology

from G5550 (χρόνος);

Word family

• χρόνος chrónos

How the KJV renders it

• delay
• tarry

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.