Word Summary
chronotribeō: to spend time
Original Word: χρονοτριβέωTransliteration: chronotribeō
Phonetic Spelling: (khron-ot-rib-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to spend time
Meaning: to spend time
Strong's Concordance
spend time.
From a presumed compound of chronos and the base of tribos; to be a time-wearer, i.e. To procrastinate (linger) -- spend time.
see GREEK chronos
see GREEK tribos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5551: χρονοτριβέωχρονοτριβέω,
χρονοτριβω: 1 aorist infinitive
χρονοτριβῆσαι; (
χρώς and
τρίβῳ);
to wear away time, spend time:
Acts 20:16 (
Aristotle, rhet. 3, 3, 3 (p. 1406a, 37);
Plutarch,
Heliod,
Eustathius, Byzantine writings.)