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).†