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This is the premium edition of this famous Bible study classic. It includes not only Vine’s famous New Testament dictionary, but an extensive Old Testament counterpart as well, edited by Merrill F. Unger, the famous Old Testament scholar. All entries in both O.T. and N.T. dictionaries are organized alphabetically in English, along with the Hebrew or Greek words from which they are translated....

A. Verb. pheidomai (φείδομαι, 5339), “to spare,” i.e., “to forego” the infliction of that evil or retribution which was designed, is used with a negative in Acts 20:29; Rom. 8:32; 11:21 (twice); 2 Cor. 13:2; 2 Pet. 2:4, 5; positively, in 1 Cor. 7:28; 2 Cor. 1:3; rendered “forbear” in 2 Cor. 12:6. See FOREBEAR.¶ Note: In Luke 15:17, perisseuo, “to abound, have abundance,” is translated “have enough and to spare.” B. Adverb. pheidomenos (φειδομένως, 5340), akin to A, “sparingly,”