ΠΑΡΕΛΚΥΣΗΣ, παρελκυσης
PARELKYSĒS, parelkysēs
Sounds Like: par-EL-koo-sees
Translations: delay, a delay, procrastination, a procrastination, drawing aside, a drawing aside
From the root: ΠΑΡΕΛΚΩ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is a noun meaning 'delay' or 'procrastination'. It can also refer to the act of 'drawing aside' or 'dragging along'. It is often used in contexts where something is being prolonged or held back, or when someone is being led astray or diverted.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3928 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΕΛΚΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΑΡΕΛΚΕΙΝ — to drag along, to draw aside, to prolong, to delay, to be superfluous, to be useless
- ΠΑΡΕΛΚΟΙ — draw aside, drag along, prolong, delay, be superfluous, be useless
- ΠΑΡΕΛΚΥΣΕΙΣ — you will draw aside, you will drag along, you will prolong, you will delay, you will draw him
- ΠΑΡΕΛΚΩ — to drag along, to draw aside, to prolong, to delay, to be superfluous, to be useless
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