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Lexicon :: Strong's G857 - apheidia

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ἀφειδία
Transliteration
apheidia (Key)
Pronunciation
af-i-dee'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a compound of ἄλφα (G1) (as a negative particle) and φείδομαι (G5339)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἀφειδία apheidía, af-i-dee'-ah; from a compound of G1 (as a negative particle) and G5339; unsparingness, i.e. austerity (asceticism):—neglecting.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G857 in the following manner: neglecting (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G857 in the following manner: neglecting (1x).

  1. unsparingly severity

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀφειδία apheidía, af-i-dee'-ah; from a compound of G1 (as a negative particle) and G5339; unsparingness, i.e. austerity (asceticism):—neglecting.
STRONGS G857:
ἀφειδία (ἀφείδεια Lachmann, see under the word ει, ι), -ας, ἡ, (the disposition of a man who is ἀφειδής, unsparing), unsparing severity: with the genitive of the object, τοῦ σώματος, Colossians 2:23 (τῶν σωμάτων ἀφειδεῖν, Lysias 2, 25 (193, 5); Diodorus 13, 60; 79 etc. [see Bp. Lightfoot on Colossians, the passage cited]; in Plato, defin., p. 412 d. ἀφειδία means liberality).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Colossians
2:23

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Strong's Number G857 matches the Greek ἀφειδία (apheidia),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:23 - which are matters having, to be sure, a [fn]word of wisdom in [fn]self-made religion and self-abasement and severe G857 treatment G857 of the body, but are of no value against fleshly indulgence.
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