Dictionary entry

φείδομαι

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

φείδομαι

[in LXX for חמל, חוּס, חשׂךְ, etc.;]

to spare: II Co 13:2; c. gen. pers., Ac 20:29, Ro 8:3211:21, I Co 7:28, II Co 1:23, II Pe 2:4, 5; c. inf., to forbear, II Co 12:6.†