Strong's Lexicon

G857

G857 — ἀφειδία

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekapheidianounOccurrences: 1

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G857
Word:ἀφειδία
Part of Speech:noun
Etymology:from a compound of G1 (as a negative particle) and G5339
Language:Greek
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:apheidia
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:af-ei-dee'-ah
Meaning:1. unsparingness, i.e. austerity (asceticism)
KJV Renderings:neglecting

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἀφειδίᾳ (ἀφειδεια Lachmann, see under the word εἰ, ), ἀφειδιας, (the disposition of a man who is ἀφειδής, unsparing), unsparing severity: with the genitive of the object, τοῦ σώματος, Col 2:23 (τῶν σωμάτων ἀφείδειν, Lysias 2, 25 (193, 5); Diodorus 13, 60; 79 etc. (see Lightfoot on Colossians, the passage cited); in Plato, defin., p. 412 d. ἀφειδίᾳ means liberality).

Englishman's Greek Concordance

ἀφειδία (neglecting)

Colossians 2:23

KJV: Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship and humility and neglecting of the body not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh
GK: άτινά εστι λόγον μεν έχοντα σοφίας εν εθελοθρησκεία και ταπεινοφροσύνη και αφειδία σώματος ουκ εν τιμή τινί προς πλησμονήν της σαρκός
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