Strong's G5339
φείδομαι(pheídomai)
- Language:
- Greek (New Testament)
Definition
to be chary of, i.e. (subjectively) to abstain or (objectively) to treat leniently
Derivation
of uncertain affinity;
KJV Translation
In the King James Version, φείδομαι is translated as: forbear, spare.
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Greek root word in the New Testament. The Greek dictionary covers all 5,624 root words. This entry is in the public domain.