Definition

to loiter (i.e. be behind); by implication to procrastinate

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

• continue
• defer
• delay
• hinder
• be late (slack)
• stay (there)
• tarry (longer)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

A deep-dive treatment of this word is in the works. The featured chapter above carries the long form of what this word meant to its first audience.