Is not slack [ο υ β ρ α δ υ ν ε ι]. Only here and 1 Timothy 3:15. The word is literally to delay or loiter. So Septuagint, Genesis 43:10, "except we had lingered." Alford's rendering, is not tardy, would be an improvement. The word implies, besides delay, the idea of lateness with reference to an appointed time.

Come [χ ω ρ η σ α ι]. Move on, or advance to.

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Old Testament