- φείδομαι
- φείδομαι mid. dep.; fut. φείσομαι; 1 aor. ἐφεισάμην (Hom.+).① to save fr. loss or discomfort, spare (Hom.+) τινός someone or someth. 2 Cor 1:23. ἐγὼ ὑμῶν φείδομαι I would like to spare you a great deal of trouble, by offering good advice 1 Cor 7:28. φεῖσαί μου τῆς ψυχῆς ἀπὸ ῥομφαίας spare my life (by protecting me) from the sword B 5:13 (cp. Jer 13:14 οὐ φείσομαι ἀπὸ διαφθορᾶς αὐτῶν). Mostly w. a neg. not spare τινός (UPZ 146, 40 [II B.C.] μήτε θεῶν μήτε ἀνθρώπων φείδεσθαι) Ac 20:29; Ro 8:32 (Lucian, Syr. D. 18 οὐδʼ … γυναικὸς ἐφείσατο, i.e. his own wife); 11:21ab; 2 Pt 2:4f; IRo 1:2. οὐκ ἐφεισάμην αὐτοῦ I did not spare him from being put to death AcPt Ox 849, 17 (the Lat. vers. AcPt 26: Aa I 73, 22). Abs., but w. οὐδενός understood (Thu. 3, 59, 1; Pr 6:34; Jos., Ant. 14, 480) 2 Cor 13:2.② to abstain from doing someth., refrain (X., Cyr. 1, 6, 19; 35; Appian, Basil. 5 §1 πολέμου, Bell. Civ. 5, 120 §498; SIG 708, 36; Job 16:5; PsSol 5:14; TestAbr A; TestJob) w. inf. as obj., to be supplied 2 Cor 12:6 (τοῦ καυχᾶσθαι); ITr 3:3 (τοῦ γράφειν).—DELG. M-M.
Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία. 2015.