Quick Definition
βραδύνω v. I am slow, I delay
Strong's Definition
to delay
Derivation: from G1021 (βραδύς);
KJV Usage: be slack, tarry
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
βραδύνω bradynō 2x
to be slow, to delay, 1 Tim. 3:15; 2 Pet. 3:9*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
βραδύνω
(< βραδύς), [in LXX: Ge 43:10 (מההּ hith.), De 7:10, Is 46:13 (אחר pi.), Si 32 (35):18 * ;]
trans., to retard (Soph., Is, l.c.).
More freq. intrans., to be slow, to tarry: I Ti 3:15, II Pe 3:9.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
βραδύνω. The intrans. use of this verb, which alone is found in the NT, may be illustrated from P Oxy I. 118% (late iii/a.p.) ἐπὶ οὖν Bpadivover, ‘since they are delaying,” and OG/S 515° (A.D. 209-11) καὶ διὰ τοῦτο καὶ ἡ εὐϊπορία ἡ πρὸς τοὺς κυρίους αὐϊτοκράτορας τῶν φόρων βραδύνει. So ina papyrus of the second half of ii/a.p., edited by Comparetti in Jel. Nicole, p. 59 (col. ii.) ὡς ἂν βραδύνῃς καὶ ὑστερήσῃ ταῦτα τὰ [κτήνη] τῆς πορείας, οὐκ ἀγνοεῖς οὐδ᾽ αὐτὸς ζημίᾳ σε ὑποπί εἴπτειν μέλλοντα, ““1 you delay, and these animals are late for the expedition, you yourself know you will get into trouble.” (The document is given again in P Flor II. p- 258.) In the Christian letter, P Gen I. 51°, ἐβράδυνεν is without clear context, but certainly means ‘‘he delayed.” In MGr βραδυάζει or βραδύνει = ‘it is late,” ‘evening draws on.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
βραδύνω (bradunō) — to delay. βρᾰδύνω, future -ῠνῶ[LXX]: aorist ἐβράδῡνα [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: pluperfect ἐβεβραδύκειν [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: (βραδύς):
I. transitive, make slow, delay, [LXX]:—passive, to be delayed, τἀπὸ σοῦ βραδύνεται [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. intransitive, loiter, delay, εἰ βραδύνοιμεν βοῇ [Refs 4th c.BC+] (so in middle, χεῖρα δ᾽ οὐ βραδύνεται.. ἁρπάσαι δόρυ [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; βραδύνει σοι τοῦτ; are you slow, slack in this ? [Refs 2nd c.AD+]