noun · feminine

afeidias

Greekἀφειδία (afeidia)

Strong’sG857

severity

stem afeidi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

severe treatment1×

What it means

* ἀφειδία (L, -εία), -ας, ἡ

(< ἀφειδής, unsparing);

1. extravagance.

2. unsparing treatment, severity: Col 2:23.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G857 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidaf-i-dee'-ah

unsparingness, i.e. austerity (asceticism)

Fromfrom a compound of G1 (as a negative particle) and G5339;

King Jamesneglecting.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	afeidias	afeidiais
object accusative	afeidian	afeidiain
direct address vocative	afeidiar	afeidiair
of, belonging to genitive	afeidiau	afeidiaiu
to, for dative	afeidia1×ἀφειδίᾳ	afeidiai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

afeidistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

afeidia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

afeidia“severe treatment”to, fordative singular1×

Colossians 2:23“severe treatment”hotineim atō logon men echarōteim sofiau en ethelothrēskia kai tapeinofrosuna kai afeidia sōmeu, ouk en tima tina pros plēsmonan tau sarxau.Such restrictions indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-prescribed worship, their false humility, and their harsh treatment of the body; but they are of no value against the indulgence of the flesh.