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Lexicon :: Strong's G5339 - pheidomai

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φείδομαι
Transliteration
pheidomai (Key)
Pronunciation
fi'-dom-ahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
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Strong’s Definitions

φείδομαι pheídomai, fi'-dom-ahee; of uncertain affinity; to be chary of, i.e. (subjectively) to abstain or (objectively) to treat leniently:—forbear, spare.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's G5339 in the following manner: spare (9x), forbear (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's G5339 in the following manner: spare (9x), forbear (1x).
  1. to spare

  2. to abstain

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
φείδομαι pheídomai, fi'-dom-ahee; of uncertain affinity; to be chary of, i.e. (subjectively) to abstain or (objectively) to treat leniently:—forbear, spare.
STRONGS G5339:
φείδομαι; future φείσομαι; 1 aorist ἐφεισάμην; deponent middle; from Homer down; the Sept. for חָמַל, חוּס, חָשַׂך (to keep back); to spare: absolutely 2 Corinthians 13:2; τίνος, to spare one (Winers Grammar, § 30, 10 d.; Buttmann, § 132, 15), Acts 20:29; Romans 8:32; Romans 11:21; 1 Corinthians 7:28; 2 Corinthians 1:23; 2 Peter 2:4f; to abstain (A. V. forbear), an infinitive denoting the act abstained from being supplied from the context: καυχᾶσθαι, 2 Corinthians 12:6 (μή φειδου — namely, διδάσκεινεἰ ἔχεις διδάσκειν, Xenophon, Cyril 1, 6, 35; with the infinitive added, λέγειν κακά, Euripides, Or. 393; δρασαι τί τῶν τυραννικων, Plato, de rep. 9, p. 574 b.).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
20:29
Romans
8:32; 11:21
1 Corinthians
7:28
2 Corinthians
1:23; 12:6; 13:2
2 Peter
2:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5339 matches the Greek φείδομαι (pheidomai),
which occurs 10 times in 9 verses in the TR Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:29 - فَإِنِّي أَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُ بَعْدَ رَحِيلِي سَيَنْدَسُّ بَيْنَكُمْ ذِئَابٌ خَاطِفَةٌ، لَا تُشْفِقُ عَلَى الْقَطِيعِ.
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:32 - بَلْ بَذَلَهُ لأَجْلِنَا جَمِيعاً، كَيْفَ لَا يَجُودُ عَلَيْنَا مَعَهُ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ أَيْضاً؟
Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:21 - إِنَّ اللهَ رُبَّمَا لَا يُبْقِي عَلَيْكَ مَادَامَ لَمْ يُبْقِ عَلَى الأَغْصَانِ الأَصْلِيَّةِ.
Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:28 - وَلكِنْ، إِنْ تَزَوَّجْتَ، فَأَنْتَ لَا تُخْطِئُ. وَإِنْ تَزَوَّجَتِ الْعَذْرَاءُ، فَهِيَ لَا تُخْطِئُ. وَلَكِنَّ أَمْثَالَ هَؤُلاءِ يُلاقُونَ مَشَقَّاتٍ مَعِيشِيَّةً، وَأَنَا إِنَّمَا أُرِيدُ حِمَايَتَكُمْ مِنْهَا.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:23 - غَيْرَ أَنِّي أَدْعُو اللهَ أَنْ يَشْهَدَ عَلَى نَفْسِي بِأَنِّي إِشْفَاقاً عَلَيْكُمْ لَمْ آتِ إِلَى كُورِنْثُوسَ.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:6 - فَلَوْ أَرَدْتُ الافْتِخَارَ، لَا أَكُونُ غَبِيًّا، مَادُمْتُ أَقُولُ الْحَقَّ. إِلّا أَنِّي أَمْتَنِعُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ، لِئَلّا يَظُنَّ بِي أَحَدٌ فَوْقَ مَا يَرَانِي عَلَيْهِ أَوْ مَا يَسْمَعُهُ مِنِّي.
Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:2 - سَبَقَ لِي أَنْ أَعْلَنْتُ، وَهَا أَنَا أَقُولُ مُقَدَّماً وَأَنَا غَائِبٌ، كَمَا قُلْتُ وَأَنَا حَاضِرٌ عِنْدَكُمْ فِي الْمَرَّةِ الثَّانِيَةِ، لِلَّذِينَ أَخْطَأُوا فِي الْمَاضِي وَلِلْبَاقِينَ جَمِيعاً: إِنِّي إِذَا عُدْتُ إِلَيْكُمْ فَلا أُشْفِقُ،
Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:4 - فَإِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يُشْفِقْ عَلَى الْمَلائِكَةِ الَّذِينَ أَخْطَأُوا، بَلْ طَرَحَهُمْ فِي أَعْمَاقِ هَاوِيَةِ الظَّلامِ مُقَيَّدِينَ بِالسَّلاسِلِ، حَيْثُ يَظَلُّونَ مَحْبُوسِينَ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْحِسَابِ.
Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:5 - كَذَلِكَ لَمْ يُشْفِقْ عَلَى الْعَالَمِ الْقَدِيمِ عِنْدَمَا أَحْدَثَ الطُّوفَانَ عَلَى عَالَمِ الْفَاجِرِينَ، إِلّا أَنَّهُ حَفِظَ نُوحاً الْمُنَادِيَ بِبِرِّ اللهِ وَعَدْلِهِ. وَكَانَ نُوحٌ وَاحِداً مِنْ ثَمَانِيَةِ أَشْخَاصٍ نَجَوْا مِنَ الطُّوفَانِ.
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