Webster 1828 · headword: sparing
View source image ↗Scarce; little.
KJV WORD
COMBINED MEANING
Refraining from injuring, using, or spending; showing restraint or mercy; scanty when describing an amount.
Reviewed KJV-relevant meaningMeaning drawn from:
WORD FAMILY
Root: spare
To use tenderly; to treat with pity and forbearance; to forbear to affiict, ponish or destroy.
HISTORICAL DEFINITIONS
Scarce; little.
KJV CONCORDANCE