φείδομαι pheídomai

Greek · Strong's G5339 · used 10 times in 9 verses

Meaning

to be chary of, i.e. (subjectively) to abstain or (objectively) to treat leniently

In the King James Version: forbear, spare

Derivation: of uncertain affinity;

Acts 20:29 I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.
Romans 8:32 He who did not spare His own Son but gave Him up for us all, how will He not also, along with Him, freely give us all things?
Romans 11:21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, He will certainly not spare you either.
1 Corinthians 7:28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.
2 Corinthians 1:23 I call God as my witness that it was in order to spare you that I did not return to Corinth.
2 Corinthians 12:6 Even if I wanted to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me,
2 Corinthians 13:2 I already warned you the second time I was with you. So now in my absence I warn those who sinned earlier and everyone else: If I return, I will not spare anyone,
2 Peter 2:4 For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
2 Peter 2:5 if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;