Strong's Lexicon
G5339 — φείδομαι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5339 |
|---|---|
| Word: | φείδομαι |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | of uncertain affinity |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 10 |
| Transliteration: | pheidomai |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | fei'-dom-ai |
| Meaning: | 1. to be sparing of 2. (subjectively) to abstain 3. (objectively) to treat leniently |
| KJV Renderings: | forbear, spare |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φείδομαι; future φείσομαι; 1 aorist ἐφεισάμην; deponent middle; from Homer down; the Sept. for çÈîÇì, çåÌñ, çÈùÇÒê (to keep back); to spare: absolutely 2Co 13:2; τίνος, to spare one (Winers Grammar, § 30, 10 d.; Buttmann, § 132, 15), Act 20:29; Rom 8:32; Rom 11:21; 1Co 7:28; 2Co 1:23; 2Pe 2:4 f; to abstain (A. V. forbear), an infinitive denoting the act abstained from being supplied from the context: καυχᾶσθαι, 2Co 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.).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
φείδομαι (forbear)
Acts 20:29
- KJV: For I know this that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you not sparing the flock
- GK: εγώ γαρ οίδα τούτο ότι εισελεύσονται μετά την άφιξίν μου λύκοι βαρείς εις υμάς μη φειδόμενοι του ποιμνίου
Romans 8:32
- KJV: He that spared not his own Son but delivered him up for us all how shall he not with him also freely give us all things
- GK: ος γε του ιδίου υιού ουκ εφείσατο αλλ΄ υπέρ ημών πάντων παρέδωκεν αυτόν πως ουχί και συν αυτώ τα πάντα ημίν χαρίσεται
Romans 11:21
- KJV: For if God spared not the natural branches lest he also spare not thee
- GK: ει γαρ ο θεός των κατά φύσιν κλάδων ουκ εφείσατο μήπως ουδέ σου φείσεται
1 Corinthians 7:28
- KJV: But and if thou marry thou hast not sinned and if a virgin marry she hath not sinned Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh but I spare you
- GK: εάν δε και γήμης ουχ ήμαρτες και εάν γήμη η παρθένος ουχ ήμαρτε θλίψιν δε τη σαρκί έξουσιν οι τοιούτοι εγώ δε υμών φείδομαι
2 Corinthians 1:23
- KJV: Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth
- GK: εγώ δε μάρτυρα τον θεόν επικαλούμαι επί την εμήν ψυήν ότι φειδόμενος υμών ουκέτι ήλθον εις Κόρινθον
2 Corinthians 12:6
- KJV: For though I would desire to glory I shall not be a fool for I will say the truth but I forbear lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me or he heareth of me
- GK: εάν γαρ θελήσω καυχήσασθαι ουκ έσομαι άφρων αλήθειαν γαρ ερώ φείδομαι δε μη τις εις εμέ λογίσηται υπέρ ο βλέπει με η ακούει τι εξ εμού
2 Corinthians 13:2
- KJV: I told you before and foretell you as if I were present the second time and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned and to all other that if I come again I will not spare
- GK: προείρηκα και προλέγω ως παρών το δεύτερον και απών νυν γράφω τοις προημαρτηκόσι και τοις λοιποίς πάσιν ότι εάν έλθω εις το πάλιν ου φείσομαι
2 Peter 2:4
- KJV: For if God spared not the angels that sinned but cast down to hell and delivered into chains of darkness to be reserved unto judgment
- GK: ει γαρ ο θεός αγγέλων αμαρτησάντων ουκ εφείσατο αλλά σειραίς ζόφου ταρταρώσας παρέδωκεν εις κρίσιν τετηρημένους
2 Peter 2:5
- KJV: And spared not the old world but saved Noah the eighth a preacher of righteousness bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly
- GK: και αρχαίου κόσμου ουκ εφείσατο αλλά όγδοον Νώε δικαιοσύνης κήρυκα εφύλαξε κατακλυσμόν κόσμω ασεβών επάξας