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International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Defer:

de-fur' ('achar (in Hiphil), ‘arakh (in Hiphil), mashakh (in Niphal), "to postpone," more or less definitely; "delay": In Old Testament passages such as Isa 48:9; Eze 12:25,28; Da 9:19, the idea of indefinite postponement agrees with the Hebrew and with the context. In the only New Testament occurrence of the word anaballo, in the middle voice, Ac 24:22) a definite postponement is implied.

King James Dictionary

Defer: To Delay; Postpone.

Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb. 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. Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. (Isaiah 48:8-10)

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Defer:

lit., "to throw up" (ana, "up," ballo, "to throw"), hence "to postpone," is used in the Middle Voice in Act 24:22, in the forensic sense of "deferring" the hearing of a case.

Note: Cp. anabole, "a putting off, delay," Act 25:17.