King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G857
Transliteration: apheidia
Phonetic Spelling: (af-i-dee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: unsparing treatment
Meaning: unsparing treatment
ἀφειδίᾳ (ἀφειδεια Lachmann, see under the word εἰ, ἰ), ἀφειδιας, ἡ (the disposition of a man who is ἀφειδής, unsparing), unsparing severity: with the genitive of the object, τοῦ σώματος, Colossians 2:23 (τῶν σωμάτων ἀφείδειν, Lysias 2, 25 (193, 5); Diodorus 13, 60; 79 etc. (see Lightfoot on Colossians, the passage cited); in Plato, defin., p. 412 d. ἀφειδίᾳ means liberality).
Word Summary
apheidia: unsparing treatment
Original Word: ἀφειδίαTransliteration: apheidia
Phonetic Spelling: (af-i-dee'-ah)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: unsparing treatment
Meaning: unsparing treatment
Strong's Concordance
neglect. From a compound of a (as a negative particle) and pheidomai; unsparingness, i.e. Austerity (asceticism) -- neglecting.
see GREEK a
see GREEK pheidomai
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 857: ἀφειδίᾳἀφειδίᾳ (ἀφειδεια Lachmann, see under the word εἰ, ἰ), ἀφειδιας, ἡ (the disposition of a man who is ἀφειδής, unsparing), unsparing severity: with the genitive of the object, τοῦ σώματος, Colossians 2:23 (τῶν σωμάτων ἀφείδειν, Lysias 2, 25 (193, 5); Diodorus 13, 60; 79 etc. (see Lightfoot on Colossians, the passage cited); in Plato, defin., p. 412 d. ἀφειδίᾳ means liberality).