φείδομαι pheidomai

Greek word for “to spare” · Strong’s G5339 · used 10 times in 9 verses

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Meaning

φείδομαι; to spare:; with genitive of person(s), 11:21; with inf., to forbear.†;

How it is translated

Glosses given for pheidomai in context, with how often each is used:

• spared 4
• sparing 3
• will he spare 1
• refrain 1
• will spare anyone 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

2 Peter 2 (2), Acts 20 (1), Romans 8 (1), Romans 11 (1), 1 Corinthians 7 (1), 2 Corinthians 1 (1), 2 Corinthians 12 (1), 2 Corinthians 13 (1)

Forms

• ἐφείσατο 4
• φείδομαι 2
• φειδόμενοι 1
• φείσεται 1
• φειδόμενος 1
• φείσομαι 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with pheidomai more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἁμαρτάνω hamartanō “to sin” 2
• ἐάν ean “if” 3
• παραδίδωμι paradidōmi “to deliver” 2
• ὑπέρ huper “above/for” 2
• εἰ ei “if” 2

Key verses

The verses using pheidomai that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Acts 20:29 — For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
• Romans 8:32 — 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?
• Romans 11:21 — For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
• 1 Corinthians 7:28 — 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.
• 2 Corinthians 1:23 — Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
• 2 Corinthians 12:6 — For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he…
• 2 Corinthians 13:2 — 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…
• 2 Peter 2:4 — For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
• 2 Peter 2:5 — And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.