Quick Definition
I waste time, spend time
Strong's Definition
to be a time-wearer, i.e. to procrastinate (linger)
Derivation: from a presumed compound of G5550 (χρόνος) and the base of G5147 (τρίβος);
KJV Usage: spend time
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
χρονοτριβέω, χρονοτριβω: 1 aorist infinitive χρονοτριβῆσαι; (χρώς and τρίβῳ); to wear away time, spend time: Act_20:16 (Aristotle, rhet. 3, 3, 3 (p. 1406a, 37); Plutarch, Heliod, Eustathius, Byzantine writings.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
χρονοτριβέω chronotribeō 1x
to spend time, waste time, linger, delay, Act_20:16
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* χρονοτριβέω , -ῶ
( < χρόνος , τρίβω ),
to spend time: Act_20:16 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
χρονοτριβέω [page 694]
For this NT ἅπ . εἰρ . = spend time (Act. 20:16) Preisigke ( Wφrterb. s.v. ) cites two exx. - UPZ i. 39 .29 ( = P Lond I. p. 20) λειτουργίαν τοιαύτην παρεχωμένας χρονοτριβεῖσθαι , and similarly ib. 40 .20 ( = P Par 33 ii. 2 ), both of B.C. 162 161.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
χρονοτριβέω χρονο-τρι^βέω, φυτ. -ήσω [Etym: τρίβω] "to waste time, loiter", Arist. , NTest. c. acc., χρ. τὸν πόλεμον "to protract" the war, Plut.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
χρονοτριβέω, -ῶ
(χρόνος, τρίβω),
to spend time: Act.20:16.†
(AS)