- Original: φείδομαι - Transliteration: Pheidomai - Phonetic: fi'-dom-ahee - Definition: 1. to spare 2. to abstain - Origin: of uncertain affinity - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: Of uncertain affinity; to be chary of that is (subjectively) to abstain or (objectively) to treat leniently: - forbear spare. Total KJV Occurrences: 10 • forbear, 1 2 Corinthians 12:6 • spare, 4 Romans 11:21; 1 Corinthians 7:28; 2 Corinthians 1:23; 2 Corinthians 13:2 • spared, 4 Romans 8:32; Romans 11:21; 2 Peter 2:4; 2 Peter 2:5 • sparing, 1 Act 20:29