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Lexicon :: Strong's G5339 - pheidomai

Aa
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.).
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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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:29 - “I know G6063 that after G3326 my departure G867 savage G926 wolves G3074 will come G1525 in among G1519 you, not sparing G5339 the flock; G4168

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:32

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:32 - He who G3739 did not spare G5339 His own G2398 Son, G5207 but delivered G3860 Him over for us all, G3956 how G4459 will He not also G2532 with Him freely G5483 give G5483 us all G3956 things? G3956

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:21 - for if G1487 God G2316 did not spare G5339 the natural G5449 branches, G2798 He will not spare G5339 you, either. G3761

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 7:28 - But if G1437 you marry, G1060 you have not sinned; G264 and if G1437 a virgin G3933 marries, G1060 she has not sinned. G264 Yet G1161 such G5108 will have G2192 [fn]trouble G2347 in this G3588 life, G4561 and I am trying to spare G5339 you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:23 - But I call G1941 God G2316 as witness G3144 [fn]to my soul, G5590 that to spare G5339 you I did not come G2064 again G3765 to Corinth. G2882

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:6 - For if G1437 I do wish G2309 to boast G2744 I will not be foolish, G878 for I will be speaking G3004 the truth; G225 but I refrain G5339 from this, so G3361 that no G3361 one G5100 will credit G3049 me with more G5228 than G5228 he sees G991 in me or G2228 hears G191 from me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:2 - I have previously G4280 said G4280 when G5613 present G3918 the second G1208 time, G1208 and though now G3568 absent G548 I say G4302 in advance G4302 to those G3588 who have sinned G4258 in the past G4258 and to all G3956 the rest G3062 as well, that if G1437 I come G2064 again G3825 I will not spare G5339 anyone,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:4 - For if G1487 God G2316 did not spare G5339 angels G32 when they sinned, G264 but cast G5020 them into hell G5020 and committed G3860 them to pits G4577 of darkness, G2217 reserved G5083 for judgment; G2920

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:5 - and did not spare G5339 the ancient G744 world, G2889 but preserved G5442 Noah, G3575 a [fn]preacher G2783 of righteousness, G1343 with seven G3590 others, G3590 when He brought G1863 a flood G2627 upon the world G2889 of the ungodly; G765
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