verb

Greekχρονοτριβέω (chronotribeō)

Biblang

chronotribamō

Strong’sG5551

I waste time, spend time

stem chronotrib-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

* χρονοτριβέω, -ῶ

(< χρόνος, τρίβω),

to spend time: Ac 20:16.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G5551 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkhron-ot-rib-eh'-o

to be a time-wearer, i.e. to procrastinate (linger)

Fromfrom a presumed compound of G5550 and the base of G5147;

King Jamesspend time.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

χρονοτρῐβέω,
waste time, loiter, NT+4th c.BC+:—middle, Refs 2nd c.BC+
2 with accusative, χ. τὸν πόλεμον protract the war, Refs 4th c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

spend time1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
chronotribaraχρονοτριβῆσαι	happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive	spend time	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	chronotribamō	chronotribame	chronotribami	chronotribama	chronotribamē	chronotribamelē
you 2nd person singular	chronotribasō	chronotribase	chronotribasi	chronotribasa	chronotribasē	chronotribaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	chronotribatō	chronotribate	chronotribati	chronotribata	chronotribatē	chronotribatelē
we 1st person plural	chronotribanō	chronotribane	chronotribani	chronotribana	chronotribanē	chronotribanelē
ye 2nd person plural	chronotribavō	chronotribave	chronotribavi	chronotribava	chronotribavē	chronotribavelē
they 3rd person plural	chronotribalō	chronotribale	chronotribali	chronotribala	chronotribalē	chronotribalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	chronotribameiō	chronotribameia	chronotribameiē
you 2nd person singular	chronotribaseiō	chronotribaseia	chronotribaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	chronotribateiō	chronotribateia	chronotribateiē
we 1st person plural	chronotribaneiō	chronotribaneia	chronotribaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	chronotribaveiō	chronotribaveia	chronotribaveiē
they 3rd person plural	chronotribaleiō	chronotribaleia	chronotribaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	chronotribasōr	chronotribasar	chronotribasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	chronotribatōr	chronotribatar	chronotribatēr
ye 2nd person plural	chronotribavōr	chronotribavar	chronotribavēr
they 3rd person plural	chronotribalōr	chronotribalar	chronotribalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	chronotribamoiō	chronotribamoia
you 2nd person singular	chronotribasoiō	chronotribasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	chronotribatoiō	chronotribatoia
we 1st person plural	chronotribanoiō	chronotribanoia
ye 2nd person plural	chronotribavoiō	chronotribavoia
they 3rd person plural	chronotribaloiō	chronotribaloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	chronotribarō	chronotribari	chronotribara1×χρονοτριβῆσαι	chronotribarē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	chronotribarōntos	chronotribarintos	chronotribarantos	chronotribarēntos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

chronotribstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

chronotrib is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

chronotribara“spend time”happened · the “to …” formaorist active infinitive1×

Acts 20:16“spend time”… tan Efesan, hopōs mē geneteia auto chronotribara en ta Asia, speudate gar ei …… sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, because he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by …