Lexicon :: Strong's G5339 - pheidomai

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φείδομαι
Transliteration
pheidomai (Key)
Pronunciation
fi'-dom-ahee
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
mGNT
10x in 6 unique form(s)
TR
10x in 6 unique form(s)
LXX
76x in 24 unique form(s)
ἐφείσατο — 4x
φείδομαι — 2x
φειδόμενοι — 1x
φειδόμενος — 1x
φείσηται — 1x
φείσομαι — 1x
ἐφείσατο — 4x
φείδομαι — 2x
φειδόμενοι — 1x
φειδόμενος — 1x
φείσεται — 1x
φείσομαι — 1x
ἐφείδετο — 1x
ἐφεισάμην — 3x
ἐφείσαντο — 2x
ἐφείσατο — 14x
ἐφείσω — 5x
φείδεσθαι — 1x
φείδεσθε — 1x
φείδεται — 2x
φειδόμενοι — 1x
φειδόμενός — 1x
φειδόμενος — 4x
φείδονται — 1x
φεῗσαί — 1x
φεῗσαι — 2x
φεισάμενος — 1x
φείσασθαι — 1x
φείσασθέ — 1x
φείσεταί — 2x
φείσεται — 17x
φείσῃ — 4x
φείσησθε — 3x
φείσομαι — 6x
φείσονται — 1x
φείσωμαι — 1x
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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.).
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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
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