φείδομαι ; fut. φείσομαι; 1 aor. ἐφεισάμην ; depon. mid.; fr. Hom. down; Sept. for on, Din, JwN (to keep back); to spare: absol. 2 Co. xiii. 2; τινός, to spare one [W. § 30, 10d.; B. § 132, 15], Acts xx. 29; Ro. viii. 82; xi. 21; 1 Co. vii. 28; 2Co. i. 23; 2 Pet. ii. 4sq.5 to abstain [A. V. forbear], an inf. denoting the act abstained from being supplied from the context : καυχᾶσθαι, 2 Co. xii. 6 (μὴ φείδου -- se. διδάσκειν — εἰ ἔχεις διδάσκειν, Xen. Cyr. 1, 6, 35; with the inf. added, λέγειν κακά, Eur. Or. 393; δρᾶσαϊ τι τῶν τυραννικῶν, Plat. de rep. 9 p. 574 b.).

φείδομαι pheidomai 10x

to spare; to be tender of, Rom. 8:32; to spare, in respect of hard dealing, Acts 20:29; Rom. 11:21; 1 Cor. 7:28; 2 Cor. 1:23; 13:2; 2 Pet. 2:4, 5; absol. to forbear, abstain, 2 Cor. 12:6*

φείδομαι

[in LXX for חמל, חוּס, חשׂךְ, etc. ;]

to spare: II Co 13:2; c. gen. pers., Ac 20:29, Ro 8:32 11:21, I Co 7:28, II Co 1:23, II Pe 2:4, 5; c. inf., to forbear, II Co 12:6.†

φείδομαι, ‘spare,’ c. gen. pers., as in Ac 207%, a/.: cf. P Par 63185 (B.c. 164) (= P Petr III. p. 31) τῶν ἄλλων ἀδυνατούντων φείσεσθε, ‘you must spare the others who are incapable” (Mahaffy), and P Oxy VII. 1065° (iii/A.D.) ὥσπερ [oli θεοὶ οὐκ ἐφίσαντό plo]v, οὕτως κἀγὼ θεῶν] οὐ φίσΊομαι, ‘as the gods have not spared me, so will I not spare the gods,” an interesting passage as illustrating ‘‘the tendency in the popular religion to regard the relationship between gods and men as one of strict reciprocity ’’ (1:4.). See also P Oxy VII. 107078 (iii/a.p.) μηδενὸς ὧν ἔχομεν αὐτῶν φειδομένη, ‘sparing nothing that we have” (Ed.), P Fay 2019 (iii/iv A.D.) μεθ᾽ ὅσης αὐτοὺς προθυμίας φείδεσθαι, “how much zeal it is their duty to show in exercising thrift” (Edd.), and from the inscrr. Sy/7 325 (= %708)86 (before B.C. 100) οὐδενὸς φεισάμενος οὔτε τῶν πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς οὔτε τῶν πρὸϊς] τοὺς πολείτας δικαίων, where Herwerden (Lex. s. τ.) understands the verb in the sense ‘*rationem habere.

φείδομαι (pheidomai) — to spare. φείδομαι, [Refs 6th c.BC+]imperfect φείδοντο (without augment) even in [Refs 5th c.BC+] after a diphthong at the end of the preceding line: future φείσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+], Epic dialect πεφῐδήσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+], later future passive in middle sense φ[ε]ισθήσομαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: aorist 1 ἐφεισάμην [Refs 6th c.BC+], Epic dialect 3rd.pers. singular φείσατο [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist 2 πεφῐδόμην, used by [Refs 8th c.BC+], infinitive πεφιδέσθαι [Refs]: perfect participle πεφεισμένος [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; Epic dialect imperative πεφίδησο [Refs]; participle πεφιδημένος [Refs 4th c.AD+]:—spare:

I. spare persons and things, e.g. in war, i.e. not destroy them, with genitive, Τρώων [Refs 8th c.BC+] [same place]; μὴ φείσῃ βίου spare not my life, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, spare, be merciful, [Refs]

II. spare persons and things in using them, use sparingly, ἵππων φειδόμενος, i. e. taking care of them, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; φ. ὃν εἶχε βίον (βίον by attraction to the relative) [Refs 6th c.BC+] not to spare, i. e. to use or give freely, οὐδέ νυ τοῦ περ [δέπαος] φείσατο [Refs 8th c.BC+]

II.2. absolutely, to be sparing, live thriftily, φείδεσθαι μὲν ἄμεινον [Refs 6th c.BC+]; frequently in participle φειδόμενος, η, ον, thrifty, [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; ὄμμασι φειδομένοις with shrinking, shy eyes, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; αἱ μὴ φ. (i.e. μέλισσαι) the unthrifty ones, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; compare πεφεισμένως, φειδομένως.

III. have consideration for, τῆς τοῦ λόγου συμμετρίας [Refs 1st c.AD+]: with negative, pay no heed to, οὔτ᾽ ἀνθρώπων φείδεται οὔτε θεῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+]

IV. draw back from, refrain from, θαλάσσας [Refs 7th c.BC+]; τοῦ λέγειν, τοῦ ἀκολουθεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, spare to do, forbear from doing, uncertain in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also φ. μή τι δρᾶσαι τῶν τυραννικῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+]

V. in [Refs]have mercy upon.., [LXX]; φ. περί τινος to keep one's hands off.., [LXX] spare to hurt, [LXX]; φ. τι ἀπό τινος keep it off, Jb.[Refs]; φ. τῆς ψυχῆς ἀπὸ θανάτου[LXX]; φειδεύμενοι (from contraction φειδέομαι) is conjecture for φιλεύμεναι in [Refs 4th c.AD+]