🇬🇷 Greek · Strong's G2436
G2436
ἵλεως
híleōs
[hil'-eh-oce]
Adjective
Core meaningpropitious/gracious
Lexical Definition
Strong's Greek G2436
cheerful (as attractive), i.e. propitious; adverbially (by Hebraism) God be gracious!, i.e. (in averting some calamity) far be it
KJV usage: :--be it far, merciful.
Etymology: perhaps from the alternate form of ;
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
propitious, favorable, merciful, gracious, Heb. 8:12; from the Hebrew, ἵλεως σοι (ὁ θεός) God have mercy on thee, God forbid, far be it from thee, Mt. 16:22*
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