abstain or (objectively) to treat leniently

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

heeft, sparen, spare, gespaard, af

I spare, abstain, forbear.

to spare

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

forbear, spare

φείδομαι [in LXX for חָמַל, חוּס, חָשַׂךְ, etc. ;] to spare: 2Co.13:2; with genitive of person(s), Act.20:29, Rom.8:32 11:21, 1Co.7:28, 2Co.1:23, 2Pe.2:4-5; with inf., to forbear, 2Co.12:6.† (AS)