KJV dictionary & concordance
To delay, postpone, put off, or withhold action until a later time.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Ecclesiastes 5:4
Complete exact-word concordance
When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
When thou vowest a vow vnto God, deferre not to pay it: for he hath no pleasure in fooles; pay that which thou hast vowed.
1611 marginal noteDeut.23.21.
1611 marginal notePsal.66.13,14.
¶ For my name’s sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off.
¶ For my names sake will I deferre mine anger, and for my praise will I refraine for thee, that I cut thee not off.
O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.
O LORD heare, O LORD forgiue, O LORD hearken and doe: deferre not for thine owne sake, O my God: for thy citie, & thy people are called by thy Name.
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Historical English dictionary sources
To delay; to put off; to postpone to a future time.
