Linger
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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
1: Ἀργέω (Strong'S #691 — Verb — argeo — arg-eh'-o )
"to be idle, to linger" (akin to argos, "idle:" see katargeo, under Abolish is used negatively regarding the judgment of the persons mentioned in 2—Peter 2:3 . In the Sept., Ezra 4:24; Ecclesiastes 12:3 .
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( v. t.) To spend or pass in a lingering manner; - with out; as, to linger out one's days on a sick bed.
(2): ( v. t.) To protract; to draw out.
(3): ( a.) To delay; to loiter; to remain or wait long; to be slow or reluctant in parting or moving; to be slow in deciding; to be in suspense; to hesitate.
