verb

oknamō

Greekὀκνέω (okneō)

Strong’sG3635

I delay, hesitate, am slow

stem okn-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

delay1×

What it means

ὀκνέω, -ῶ

(< ὄκνος, shrinking, hesitation), [in LXX: Nu 22:16 (מנע ni.), Jg 18:9 (עצל ni.), To 12:6, 13, Jth 12:13, Si 7:35, IV Mac 14:4*;]

to shrink from doing, hesitate to do (Hom., Thuc., al.); hence, to delay c. inf., Ac 9:38 (cf. Nu 22:16, and v. MM, xviii).†

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

Strong’s G3635 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidok-neh'-o

to be slow (figuratively, loath)

Fromfrom ὄκνος (hesitation);

King Jamesdelay.

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

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
oknaseiaὀκνήσῃς	happened · youaorist active subjunctive 2nd person singular	delay	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	oknamō	okname	oknami	oknama	oknamē	oknamelē
you 2nd person singular	oknasō	oknase	oknasi	oknasa	oknasē	oknaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	oknatō	oknate	oknati	oknata	oknatē	oknatelē
we 1st person plural	oknanō	oknane	oknani	oknana	oknanē	oknanelē
ye 2nd person plural	oknavō	oknave	oknavi	oknava	oknavē	oknavelē
they 3rd person plural	oknalō	oknale	oknali	oknala	oknalē	oknalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	oknameiō	oknameia	oknameiē
you 2nd person singular	oknaseiō	oknaseia1×ὀκνήσῃς	oknaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	oknateiō	oknateia	oknateiē
we 1st person plural	oknaneiō	oknaneia	oknaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	oknaveiō	oknaveia	oknaveiē
they 3rd person plural	oknaleiō	oknaleia	oknaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	oknasōr	oknasar	oknasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	oknatōr	oknatar	oknatēr
ye 2nd person plural	oknavōr	oknavar	oknavēr
they 3rd person plural	oknalōr	oknalar	oknalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	oknamoiō	oknamoia
you 2nd person singular	oknasoiō	oknasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	oknatoiō	oknatoia
we 1st person plural	oknanoiō	oknanoia
ye 2nd person plural	oknavoiō	oknavoia
they 3rd person plural	oknaloiō	oknaloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	oknarō	oknari	oknara	oknarē

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	oknarōtos	oknaritos	oknaratos	oknarētos

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

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

okn 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

oknaseia“delay”happened · youaorist active subjunctive 2nd person singular1×

Acts 9:38“delay”engus de arōtau Luddau ta Ioppa tois mathētois akouaratois hoti Petros atō en auta apostelala duo anēroin pros auton parakalarōtois; Mē oknaseia dierchara heōs nu;Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to urge him, “Come to us without delay.”