φειδομένως
pheidoménōs · G5340 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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sparingly, in a limited manner
Pertaining to what is done in a limited, sparing manner and of negligible quantity or extent
Examples2 Corinthians 9:6 Now I say this: the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows generously will also reap generously.
How it’s used
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Contrasting words 2 words
- ἁδρότης hadrótēs · G100 · abundance, generous gift
- φειδομένως denotes giving sparingly or stingily, while ἁδρότης denotes abundance or bountifulness in giving. These form a genuine lexical opposition in the domain of manner of giving, particularly evident in 2 Corinthians 8-9 where both concepts appear in close proximity discussing generous versus stingy giving.
- ἁπλότης haplótēs · G572 · sincerity, purity of motive, generosity
- φειδομένως indicates a sparing, reluctant manner of giving, while ἁπλότης denotes liberality and generosity. These represent opposite attitudes toward giving, with φειδομένως expressing constraint and ἁπλότης expressing openness and willingness to give freely.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Sparingly, in a limited manner59.61
- 2 Corinthians 9:6 warns that “the one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly”.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (from the participle φειδόμενος), adverb, sparingly: 2 Cor 9:6 (mildly, Plutarch, Alex.…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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