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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 Samuel 12:4
And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man’s lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
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1611 witness · 2 Samuel 12:4 · retained source text

And there came a traueller vnto the rich man, and he spared to take of his owne flocke, and of his owne herd, to dresse for the wayfaring man that was come vnto him, but tooke the poore mans lambe, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.

2 Samuel 21:7
But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the Lord’s oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 21:7 · retained source text

But the king spared Mephibosheth the sonne of Ionathan the sonne of Saul, because of the LORDs othe that was between them, betweene Dauid, and Ionathan the sonne of Saul.

1611 marginal note1.Sam. 18.3. and 20.8,42.

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Dispensed with; saved; forborne.

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