ΦΕΙΔΩ, φειδω
PHEIDŌ, pheidō
Sounds Like: fay-DOH
Translations: sparing, a sparing, mercy, pity, compassion, 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 use or expend something, or to inflict harm. It can be used in contexts of being careful with resources or showing compassion towards others. It is often found in phrases indicating 'without sparing' or 'with sparing'.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Accusative, or Vocative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5339 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 3:96
- Book 2 — 5:88
- Book 4 — 8:261
- Book 10 — 3:38
- Book 11 — 6:218
- Book 12 — 10:402
- Book 14 — 16:480
- Book 17 — 8:202
- Book 18 — 7:244
- Book 19 — 3:218
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Psalms of Solomon — 5:15
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
- ΦΕΙΔΟΥΣ — of sparing, of mercy, of compassion, of pity, of forbearance
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