ΦΕΙΔΟΙ, φειδοι
PHEIDOI, pheidoi
Sounds Like: FEE-doy
Translations: to spare, to show mercy, to refrain from, to be sparing, to be merciful
From the root: ΦΕΙΔΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word means to spare, to show mercy, or to refrain from doing something. It implies a sense of holding back or being lenient, often in a context where one has the power to act more harshly. It can be used to describe someone who is careful with resources or who avoids causing harm.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Indicative, Second Person Singular; or Present, Middle/Passive, Subjunctive, Second Person Singular; or Present, Middle/Passive, Imperative, Second Person Singular; or Present, Active, Optative, Third Person Singular; or Present, Active, Optative, Second Person Singular
Strong’s number: G5339 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 1:1
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
- ΦΕΙΔΟΥΣ — of sparing, of mercy, of compassion, of pity, of forbearance
- ΦΕΙΔΩ — sparing, a sparing, mercy, pity, compassion, forbearance
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