Middle voice from ana and ballo; to put off (for oneself) -- defer.
see GREEK ana
see GREEK ballo
1. to throw or toss up.
2. to put back or off, delay, postpone (very often in Greek writings); in this sense also in middle (properly, to defer for oneself): τινα, to hold back, delay; in a forensic sense to put off anyone (Latinampilare, Cicero, Verr. act. 2, 1, 9 § 26) i. e. to defer heaving and deciding (adjourn) anyone's case: Acts 24:22; cf. Kypke (or Wetstein (1752)) at the passage.