used intransitively signifies "to be slow, to tarry" (bradus, "slow"), said negatively of God, 2Pe 3:9, "is (not) slack;" in 1Ti 3:15, translated "(if) I tarry." See TARRY. In the Sept., Gen 43:10, Deu 7:10, Isa 46:13.
"slowness" (akin to A), is rendered "slackness" in 2Pe 3:9.