Dictionary entry

Defer

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

de-fur' ('achar (in Hiphil), 'arakh (in Hiphil), mashakh (in Niphal), "to postpone," more or less definitely; "delay": In Old Testament passages such asIsa 48:9;Eze 12:25,28;Da 9:19, the idea of indefinite postponement agrees with the Hebrew and with the context. In the only New Testament occurrence of the word anaballo, in the middle voice,Ac 24:22) a definite postponement is implied.