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spared

Meaning of “spared”

Past-tense or past-participial form of spare (to preserve from harm or punishment, refrain from using, or hold back).

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
12 occurrences12 verses7 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: 1 Samuel 15:9

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2 Peter 2:4
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;
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1611 witness · 2 Peter 2:4 · retained source text

For if God spared not the Angels that sinned, but cast them downe to hell, and deliuered them into chaines of darkenesse, to be reserued vnto iudgment:

2 Peter 2:5
And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;
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1611 witness · 2 Peter 2:5 · retained source text

And spared not the old world, but saued Noah the eight person a preacher of righteousnesse, bringing in the flood vpon the world of the vngodly:

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Dispensed with; saved; forborne.

volume 2, leaf 634, column 3 (entry starts at OCR line 116)