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Defer
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
lit., "to throw up" (ana, "up," ballo, "to throw"), hence "to postpone," is used in the Middle Voice in Acts 24:22 , in the forensic sense of "deferring" the hearing of a case.
Note: Cp. anabole, "a putting off, delay," Acts 25:17 . Copyright Statement
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Defer'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/d/defer.html. 1940.