Definition
φείδομαι
[in LXX for חָמַל, חוּס, חָשַׂךְ, etc. ;]
to spare: 2 Corinthians 13:2; with genitive of person(s), Acts 20:29, Romans 8:32; 11:21, 1 Corinthians 7:28, 2 Corinthians 1:23, 2 Peter 2:4-5; with inf., to forbear, 2 Corinthians 12:6.
Hebrew words it translates
The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as φείδομαι:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
10 total
- Acts 20:29φειδόμενοι · and will not spareI know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.
- Romans 8:32ἐφείσατο · did not spareHe who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
- Romans 11:21ἐφείσατο · spare; φείσεται · spareFor if God did not spare the natural branches, He will certainly not spare you either.
- 1 Corinthians 7:28φείδομαι · [want to] spareBut if you do marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.
- 2 Corinthians 1:23φειδόμενος · to spareI call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.
- 2 Corinthians 12:6φείδομαι · I refrainEven if I wanted to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me,
- 2 Corinthians 13:2φείσομαι · I will not spare [anyone]I already warned you the second time I was with you. So now in my absence I warn those who sinned earlier and everyone else: If I return, I will not spare anyone,
- 2 Peter 2:4ἐφείσατο · spareFor if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
- 2 Peter 2:5ἐφείσατο · He did not spare…if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;