A verb meaning 'to tarry,' 'to delay,' or 'to linger.' Used 17 times in the OT, covering both faithful patience and sinful delay. God is declared as One who does not delay.
God does not delay in justice (Deuteronomy 7:10). The widow cries from her heart 'do not delay, O my God' (Psalm 40:17). Yet God's patience is not delay -- He is 'not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness' (2 Peter 3:9). The Christian life navigates holy waiting.