Slow
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v. t.) To render slow; to slacken the speed of; to retard; to delay; as, to slow a steamer.
(2): ( superl.) Not advancing or improving rapidly; as, the slow growth of arts and sciences.
(3): ( adv.) Slowly.
(4): ( superl.) Heavy in wit; not alert, prompt, or spirited; wearisome; dull.
(5): imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.
(6): ( superl.) Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time; as, the clock or watch is slow.
(7): ( superl.) Not hasty; not precipitate; acting with deliberation; tardy; inactive.
(8): ( superl.) Not ready; not prompt or quick; dilatory; sluggish; as, slow of speech, and slow of tongue.
(9): ( superl.) Not happening in a short time; gradual; late.
(10): ( superl.) Moving a short space in a relatively long time; not swift; not quick in motion; not rapid; moderate; deliberate; as, a slow stream; a slow motion.
(11): ( v. i.) To go slower; - often with up; as, the train slowed up before crossing the bridge.
(12): ( n.) A moth.
King James Dictionary [2]
SLOW, a.
1. Moving a small distance in a long time not swift not quick in motion not rapid as a slow stream a slow motion. 2. Late not happening in short time. These changes in the heavens though slow, produc'd like change on sea and land, sidereal blast. 3. Not ready not prompt or quick as slow of speech, and slow of tongue. Ex. 4. 4. Dull in active tardy. The Trojans are not slow to guard their shore from an expected foe. 5. Not hasty not precipitate acting with deliberation. The Lord is merciful, slow to anger. He that is slow the wrath is of great understanding. Prov. 14. 6. Dull heavy in wit. 7. Behind in time indicating a time later than the true time as, the clock or watch is slow. 8.Not advancing, growing or improving rapidly as the slow growth of arts and sciences.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [3]
is used twice in James 1:19 , in an exhortation to "be slow to speak" and "slow to wrath;" in Luke 24:25 , metaphorically of the understanding.
Titus 1:12Idle.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
slō : Chiefly for ארך , 'erekh , literally, "long," in the phrase "slow to anger" ( Nehemiah 9:17 , etc.). In Exodus 4:10; Luke 24:25; James 1:19 , for כּבד , kābhēdh ; βραδύς , bradús , both meaning "heavy," "sluggish," while Sirach 7:35 uses "be slow" for ὀκνέω , oknéō , "hesitate." In addition, the King James Version uses. "slow" for ἄργος , árgos , "inactive," in The Wisdom of Solomon 15:15, "slow to go" (the Revised Version (British and American) "helpless for walking"), and in Titus 1:12 , "slow bellies" (the Revised Version (British and American) "idle gluttons"). In Sirach 51:24, the King James Version has "be slow" for ὑστερέω , husteréō , "be lacking" (so the Revised Version (British and American)).
