Strong's Greek · G5339

φείδομαι

pheídomai

forbear, spare

Definition

to be chary of, i.e. (subjectively) to abstain or (objectively) to treat leniently

Derivation

of uncertain affinity;

Appears 10 times in Scripture

2 Corinthians 1:23

I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.

2 Corinthians 12:6

Even 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,

Romans 8:32

He 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?

1 Corinthians 7:28

But 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 Peter 2:4

For 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;

Acts 20:29

I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.

Romans 11:21

For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will certainly not spare you either.

2 Corinthians 13:2

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 2:5

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;

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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