ΦΕΙΔΟΥΣ, φειδους
PHEIDOUS, pheidous
Sounds Like: fay-DOOS
Translations: of sparing, of mercy, of compassion, of pity, of forbearance
From the root: ΦΕΙΔΩ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the act of sparing, showing mercy, or exercising forbearance. It implies a reluctance to inflict harm or punishment, often out of compassion or pity. It is used to describe a quality of restraint or leniency.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5357 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
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.
- ἈΦΕΙΔΩΣ — unsparingly, without sparing, mercilessly, ruthlessly, lavishly
- 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
- ΦΕΙΔΩ — sparing, a sparing, mercy, pity, compassion, forbearance
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