Strong's Greek · G5551
G5551 chronotribéō
χρονοτριβέω
khron-ot-rib-eh'-o
to spend time
Looking for Hebrew H5551 çullâm? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G5551. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
chronotribéō appears once in Scripture, in Acts 20:16. In the Doxa app, open that verse, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
to be a time-wearer, i.e. to procrastinate (linger)
In the King James Version
spend time
Derivation
from a presumed compound of G5550 (χρόνος) and the base of G5147 (τρίβος);
Appears 1 time in Scripture
“Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, because he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
