Quick Definition
sparingly
Strong's Definition
abstemiously, i.e. stingily
Derivation: adverb from participle of G5339 (φείδομαι);
KJV Usage: sparingly
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φειδομένως (from the participle φειδόμενος), adverb, sparingly: 2Co_9:6 (mildly, Plutarch, Alex. 25).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
φειδομένως pheidomenōs 2x
sparingly, 2Co_9:6 (2x)
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† φειδομένως ,
adv. from ptcp . ( v. 131., § 25, 1),
sparingly: 2Co_9:6 ( Plut .).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
φειδομένως [page 665]
This rare adv., which in Biblical Greek is confined to 2Co. 9:6 (but see Pro. 21:14) occurs in Pint. Alex. , xxv. νῦν δὲ φειδομένως χρῶ τοῖς παροῦσι , now, however, use sparingly what thou hast.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
φειδομένως
adv. from ptcp. (see 131., § 25, 1),
sparingly: 2Co.9:6 (Plut.).†
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