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857 - apheidia

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Strong's Concordance

Original word: ἀφειδία
Transliteration: apheidia
Definition (short): severe
Definition (full): unsparing treatment

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from alpha (as a neg. prefix) and pheidomai
Definition: unsparing treatment
NASB Translation: severe treatment (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From a compound of a (as a negative particle) and pheidomai; unsparingness, i.e. Austerity (asceticism) -- neglecting.

see GREEK a

see GREEK pheidomai

References

Strong's 857: 1 Occurrences
KJV: Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body; not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh.
NASB: These are matters which have, to be sure, the appearance of wisdom in self-made religion and self-abasement and severe treatment of the body, but are of no value against fleshly indulgence.