ἈΦΕΙΔΩΣ, ἀφειδως
APHEIDŌS, apheidōs
Sounds Like: ah-FEYE-dohss
Translations: unsparingly, without sparing, mercilessly, ruthlessly, lavishly
From the root: ΦΕΙΔΩ
Part of Speech: Adverb
Explanation: This word describes an action performed without holding back, without mercy, or without economizing. It indicates that something is done freely, abundantly, or with a lack of restraint, often in a negative sense like 'mercilessly' or 'ruthlessly', but can also mean 'lavishly' or 'generously' when referring to giving.
Inflection: Does not inflect
Strong’s number: G869 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 15:100
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 6 — 4:61
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΕΙΔΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΟΥ̓ΤΕΦΕΙΔΩ — no sparing, no pity, no compassion, no mercy
- ΦΕΙΔ — sparing, a sparing, mercy, compassion, pity
- ΦΕΙΔΗ — sparing, mercy, pity, compassion, a sparing, a mercy
- ΦΕΙΔΟΙ — to spare, to show mercy, to refrain from, to be sparing, to be merciful
- ΦΕΙΔΟΥΣ — of sparing, of mercy, of compassion, of pity, of forbearance
- ΦΕΙΔΩ — sparing, a sparing, mercy, pity, compassion, forbearance
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