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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, διδάσκειν — εἰ 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 76 times in 76 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 19:16–Jer 14:10)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:16 - When he hesitated, the men grasped his hand and the hands of his wife and of his two daughters and led them safely out of the city, for the LORD was merciful to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:6 - Then God said to him in the dream, “Yes, I know you did this with a clear conscience, and so I have kept you from sinning against me. That is why I did not let you touch her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:12 - “Do not lay a hand on the boy,” he said. “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:16 - and said, “I swear by myself, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:20 - Never mind about your belongings, because the best of all Egypt will be yours.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:6 - She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. “This is one of the Hebrew babies,” she said.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:16 - You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God gives over to you. Do not look on them with pity and do not serve their gods, for that will be a snare to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:8 - do not yield to them or listen to them. Show them no pity. Do not spare them or shield them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:13 - Show no pity. You must purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, so that it may go well with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:21 - Show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:12 - you shall cut off her hand. Show her no pity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:3 - Surely it is you who love the people; all the holy ones are in your hand. At your feet they all bow down, and from you receive instruction,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:3 - Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy[fn] all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:10 - This day you have seen with your own eyes how the LORD delivered you into my hands in the cave. Some urged me to kill you, but I spared you; I said, ‘I will not lay my hand on my lord, because he is the LORD’s anointed.’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:4 - “Now a traveler came to the rich man, but the rich man refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare a meal for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the ewe lamb that belonged to the poor man and prepared it for the one who had come to him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:6 - He must pay for that lamb four times over, because he did such a thing and had no pity.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:5 - The king commanded Joab, Abishai and Ittai, “Be gentle with the young man Absalom for my sake.” And all the troops heard the king giving orders concerning Absalom to each of the commanders.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:16 - Then Joab sounded the trumpet, and the troops stopped pursuing Israel, for Joab halted them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:7 - The king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the oath before the LORD between David and Jonathan son of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:20 - Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said to himself, “My master was too easy on Naaman, this Aramean, by not accepting from him what he brought. As surely as the LORD lives, I will run after him and get something from him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:15 - The LORD, the God of their ancestors, sent word to them through his messengers again and again, because he had pity on his people and on his dwelling place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:17 - He brought up against them the king of the Babylonians,[fn] who killed their young men with the sword in the sanctuary, and did not spare young men or young women, the elderly or the infirm. God gave them all into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:22 - Then I commanded the Levites to purify themselves and go and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me for this also, my God, and show mercy to me according to your great love.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:10 - Then I would still have this consolation— my joy in unrelenting pain— that I had not denied the words of the Holy One.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:11 - “Therefore I will not keep silent; I will speak out in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:5 - But my mouth would encourage you; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:13 - his archers surround me. Without pity, he pierces my kidneys and spills my gall on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:13 - though he cannot bear to let it go and lets it linger in his mouth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:22 - It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:10 - They detest me and keep their distance; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:18 - to preserve them from the pit, their lives from perishing by the sword.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:3 - You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:13 - Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless, innocent of great transgression.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:13 - He will take pity on the weak and the needy and save the needy from death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:50

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:50 - He prepared a path for his anger; he did not spare them from death but gave them over to the plague.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:34 - For jealousy arouses a husband’s fury, and he will show no mercy when he takes revenge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:19 - Sin is not ended by multiplying words, but the prudent hold their tongues.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:24 - Whoever spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:17 - The highway of the upright avoids evil; those who guard their ways preserve their lives.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:27 - The one who has knowledge uses words with restraint, and whoever has understanding is even-tempered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:14 - A gift given in secret soothes anger, and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:11 - Rescue those being led away to death; hold back those staggering toward slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:25 - for without him, who can eat or find enjoyment?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 13:18 - Their bows will strike down the young men; they will have no mercy on infants, nor will they look with compassion on children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:6 - which in anger struck down peoples with unceasing blows, and in fury subdued nations with relentless aggression.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:2 - “Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:1 - “Shout it aloud, do not hold back. Raise your voice like a trumpet. Declare to my people their rebellion and to the descendants of Jacob their sins.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:9

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 63:9 - In all their distress he too was distressed, and the angel of his presence saved them.[fn] In his love and mercy he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 13:14 - I will smash them one against the other, parents and children alike, declares the LORD. I will allow no pity or mercy or compassion to keep me from destroying them.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:10 - This is what the LORD says about this people: “They greatly love to wander; they do not restrain their feet. So the LORD does not accept them; he will now remember their wickedness and punish them for their sins.”

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