Defer - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Defer

[ 1,,G306, anaballo ]
lit., to throw up" (ana, "up," ballo, "to throw"), hence "to postpone," is used in the Middle Voice in Acts 24:22, in the forensic sense of "deferring" the hearing of a case.

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

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words