What does ἀφειδία (apheidía) mean in the Bible?
ἀφειδία (apheidía): Severity or harshness in treatment; refusing to spare or show mercy toward the body.
Greek · G857
ἀφειδία
Unsparing
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ἀφειδία G857
Pronunciation apheidía
What does ἀφειδία (apheidía) mean in the Bible?
ἀφειδία (apheidía): Severity or harshness in treatment; refusing to spare or show mercy toward the body.
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How does the BSB render G857?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include [their] harsh treatment (1).
Where does ἀφειδία (apheidía) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Colossians 2:23. Its strongest book concentrations include Colossians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It [their] harsh treatment 1× Colossians 2:23
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First aligned row Colossians 2:23
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Colossians 1
Source forms
ἀφειδίᾳ 1x apheidia Colossians 2:23
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 1x Colossians 2:23
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Severity or harshness in treatment; refusing to spare or show mercy toward the body.
Strong's G857
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
unsparing
Extended definition
Severity or harshness in treatment; refusing to spare or show mercy toward the body.
Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-SmithGreek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Colossians 2:23 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
ἀφειδίᾳ afeidia
severity
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Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Dative (1) Number pattern Singular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Singular · Feminine Col 2:23 1×
Word Origins
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain