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φείδομαι pheidomai · G5339

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to spare

φείδομαι ; [in LXX for חָמַל, חוּס, חָשַׂךְ, etc. ; ] ; to spare: 2Co.13:2; with genitive of person(s), Act.20:29, Rom.8:32 11:21, 1Co.7:28, 2Co.1:23, 2Pe.2:4-5; with inf., to forbear, 2Co.12:6.†; (AS)

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

φείδομαι, ; []imperfect φείδοντο (without augment) even in [] after a diphthong at the end of the preceding line: future φείσομαι [], Epic dialect πεφῐδήσομαι [], later future passive in middle sense φ[ε]ισθήσομαι []: aorist 1 ἐφεισάμην [], Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular φείσατο []aorist 2 πεφῐδόμην, used by [], infinitive πεφιδέσθαι []: perfect participle πεφεισμένος []; Epic dialect imperative πεφίδησο []; participle πεφιδημένος []:—spare: ; I spare persons and things, e.g. in war, i.e. not …

Where it's used 10 times

Acts 20:29 · Romans 8:32 · Romans 11:21 · 1 Corinthians 7:28 · 2 Corinthians 1:23 · 2 Corinthians 12:6 · 2 Corinthians 13:2 · 2 Peter 2:4 · 2 Peter 2:5 … and 1 more

Source: TBESG G5339; TFLSJ G5339

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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