STRONGS G1304:
διατρίβω; imperfect
διέτριβον; 1 aorist
διέτριψα;
to rub between, rub hard, (properly, Homer, Iliad 11, 847, others);
to wear away, consume;
χρόνον or
ἡμέρας,
to spend, pass time:
Acts 14:3,
28;
Acts 16:12;
Acts 20:6;
Acts 25:6,
14 (
Leviticus 14:8; Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, others); simply
to stay, tarry, [cf. Buttmann, 145 (127); Winer's Grammar, 593 (552)]:
John 3:22;
John 11:54 [WH Tr text
ἔμεινεν];
Acts 12:19;
Acts 14:18 (Lachmann edition min.);
Acts 15:35; (Judith 10:2; 2 Macc. 14:23, and often in secular authors from Homer, Iliad 19, 150 down).
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