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
“I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.”
“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,”
“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?”
“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.”
“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;”
“I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.”
“For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will certainly not spare you either.”
“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,”
“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).