Chronizo means “delay” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H5549 — calal (“cast up”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G5549 χρονίζω (chronizo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. chronizo (khron-id'-zo) v. 1. to take time, i.e. linger [from G5550] It has 25 linked Bible usages across 16 books. Visible English usage signals include delayeth and tarry. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
chronizo (khron-id'-zo) v. 1. to take time, i.e. linger [from G5550] KJV: delay, tarry Root(s): G5550
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G5549. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to delay
Usage: χρονίζω (χρόνος), [in LXX chiefly for אָחַר pi. ;] to spend or take time, to tarry, linger, delay: Mat.24:48 25:5, Heb.10:37; before ἐν, with dative loc., Luk.1:21; with inf., Luk.12:45.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render chronizo, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G5549 (χρονίζω) appears 20 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
5 indexed usages in New Testament.
But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple.
15 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye say to my lord Esau: Thus saith thy servant Jacob; I have sojourned with Laban and tarried until now.
And the young man delayed not to do this thing, for he was much attached to Jacob’s daughter, and he was the most honorable of all in his father’s house.
And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people combined against Aaron, and said to him, Arise and make us gods who shall go before us; for this Moses, the man who brought us forth out of the land of Egypt—we do not know what is become of him.
5 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Then he said unto him, Go, and tarry not. So he went in and said to his father, Behold, I have found one which will go with me. Then he said, Call him unto me, that I may know of what tribe he is, and whether he be a trusty man to go with thee.
For Raguel hath sworn that I shall not depart.
She will lie upon him as a mighty stone of trial; And he will cast her from him ere it be long.
First 25 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G5549.
And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye say to my lord Esau: Thus saith thy servant Jacob; I have sojourned with Laban and tarried until now.
And the young man delayed not to do this thing, for he was much attached to Jacob’s daughter, and he was the most honorable of all in his father’s house.
And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people combined against Aaron, and said to him, Arise and make us gods who shall go before us; for this Moses, the man who brought us forth out of the land of Egypt—we do not know what is become of him.
And when thou shalt have begotten sons, and shalt have sons’ sons, and ye shall have dwelt a long time on the land, and shall have transgressed, and made a graven image of anything, and shall have done wickedly before the Lord your God to provoke him;
And if thou wilt vow a vow to the Lord thy God, thou shalt not delay to pay it; for the Lord thy God will surely require it of thee, and otherwise it shall be sin in thee.
The mother of Sisera looked down through the window out of the loophole, Saying, Why was his chariot ashamed? Why did the wheels of his chariots tarry?
And Amasa went to call Judah, and delayed beyond the time which David appointed him.
But I am poor and needy; the Lord will take care of me; Thou art my helper, and my defender, O my God, delay not.
But I am poor and needy; O God, help me: Thou art my helper and deliverer, O Lord, delay not.
Her husband is not anxious about those at home when he tarries anywhere abroad: For all her household are clothed.
Whenever thou shalt vow a vow to God, Defer not to pay it; For he has no pleasure in fools: Pay thou therefore whatsoever thou shalt have vowed.
and satyrs shall dwell there; and hedgehogs shall make their nests in their houses. It will come soon, and will not tarry.
For in thy deliverance he shall not halt, nor tarry;
Hearken, O Lord; be propitious, O Lord; attend, O Lord; delay not, O my God, for thine own sake: for thy name is called upon thy city and upon thy people.
For the vision is yet for a time, and it shall shoot forth at the end, and not in vain: though he should tarry, wait for him; for he will surely come, and will not tarry.
But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple.
But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
Then he said unto him, Go, and tarry not. So he went in and said to his father, Behold, I have found one which will go with me. Then he said, Call him unto me, that I may know of what tribe he is, and whether he be a trusty man to go with thee.
For Raguel hath sworn that I shall not depart.
She will lie upon him as a mighty stone of trial; And he will cast her from him ere it be long.
Number not thyself among the multitude of sinners, But remember that wrath will not tarry long.
Remember that death will not be long in coming, And that the covenant of the grave is not shown unto thee.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G5549, grouped by book.
Chronizo (Strong's G5549) is a Greek word most simply glossed "delay". chronizo (khron-id'-zo) v. 1. to take time, i.e. linger [from G5550]
This page currently indexes 25 linked usages for Strong's G5549 across 16 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G5549 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as delayeth and tarry. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 15 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 5 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G5549, with linked reader references where each row is available.