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Lexicon :: Strong's G2436 - hileōs

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ἵλεως
Transliteration
hileōs (Key)
Pronunciation
hil'-eh-oce
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Perhaps from the alternate form of αἱρέω (G138)
mGNT
2x in 2 unique form(s) TR
2x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
26x in 2 unique form(s)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:300,362

Strong’s Definitions

ἵλεως híleōs, hil'-eh-oce; perhaps from the alternate form of G138; cheerful (as attractive), i.e. propitious; adverbially (by Hebraism) God be gracious!, i.e. (in averting some calamity) far be it:—be it far, merciful.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G2436 in the following manner: be it far (1x), merciful (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G2436 in the following manner: be it far (1x), merciful (1x).

  1. propitious, merciful

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἵλεως híleōs, hil'-eh-oce; perhaps from the alternate form of G138; cheerful (as attractive), i.e. propitious; adverbially (by Hebraism) God be gracious!, i.e. (in averting some calamity) far be it:—be it far, merciful.
STRONGS G2436:
ἵλεως, -ων, (Attic for ἴλαος [cf. Winers Grammar, 22], from Homer down), propitious, merciful: ἔσομαι ἵλ. ταῖς ἀδικίαις, i. e. I will pardon, Hebrews 8:12; Jeremiah 38:34 (Jer. 31:34); Jeremiah 43:3 (Jer. 36:3); also ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις, 1 Kings 8:34; 2 Chronicles 6:25, 27, etc.; ἵλεώς σοι, namely, ἔστω [or εἴη, Buttmann § 129, 22] ὁ Θεός, i. e. God avert this from thee, Matthew 16:22; Sept. for חָלִילָה followed by לְ, be it far from one, 2 Samuel 20:20; 2 Samuel 23:17.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Samuel
20:20; 23:17
1 Kings
8:34
2 Chronicles
6:25; 6:27
Jeremiah
31:34; 36:3; 43:3
Matthew
16:22
Hebrews
8:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2436 matches the Greek ἵλεως (hileōs),
which occurs 26 times in 25 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:23 - And he said, “[fn]Be well, do not be afraid. Your God and the God of your father has given you treasure in your sacks; your money has come to me.” Then he brought Simeon out to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:12 - “Why should the Egyptians speak, saying, ‘With evil intent He brought them out to kill them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your burning anger and relent concerning doing harm to Your people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:19 - “Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of Your lovingkindness, just as You also have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:20 -

So Yahweh said, “I have pardoned them according to your word;

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 21:8 - ‘Atone for Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, O Yahweh, and do not place the guilt of innocent blood in the midst of Your people Israel.’ And the bloodguiltiness shall be atoned for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:20 - And Joab answered and said, “Far be it, far be it from me that I should swallow up or destroy!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:17 - and he said, “Be it far from me, O Yahweh, that I should do this. Shall I drink the blood of the men who went [fn]at the risk of their lives?” Therefore he was not willing to drink it. These things the three mighty men did.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:30 - “And listen to the supplication of Your slave and of Your people Israel, when they pray toward this place; listen in heaven Your dwelling place; listen and forgive.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:34 - then listen in heaven, and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You gave to their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:36 - then listen in heaven and forgive the sin of Your slaves and of Your people Israel; indeed, teach them the good way in which they should walk. And give rain on Your land, which You have given to Your people for an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:39 - then listen in heaven Your dwelling place, and forgive and act and give to each according to all his ways, whose heart You know, for You alone know the hearts of all the sons of men,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:50

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:50 - and forgive Your people who have sinned against You and all their transgressions which they have transgressed against You, and give them over as objects of compassion before those who have taken them captive, that they may have compassion on them

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:19 - and he said, “Be it far from me before my God that I should do this. Shall I drink the blood of these men who went [fn]at the risk of their lives? For at the risk of their lives they brought it.” Therefore he was not willing to drink it. These things the three mighty men did.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:21 - “And listen to the supplications of Your slave and of Your people Israel, when they pray toward this place; listen from Your dwelling place, from heaven; listen and forgive.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:25 - then listen from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You have given to them and to their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:27 - then listen in heaven and forgive the sin of Your slaves and of Your people Israel; indeed, teach them the good way in which they should walk. And give rain on Your land, which You have given to Your people for an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:39

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:39 - then listen from heaven, from Your dwelling place, to their prayer and supplications, and do justice for them and forgive Your people who have sinned against You.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:14 - and My people [fn]who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their evil ways, then I will listen from heaven, I will forgive their sin, and I will heal their land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 54:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 54:10 -

“For the mountains may be removed and the hills may shake,

But My lovingkindness will not be removed from you,

And My covenant of peace will not be shaken,”

Says Yahweh who has compassion on you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:1 -

“Roam to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem,

And see now and know,

And seek in her open squares,

If you can find a man,

If there is one who does justice, who seeks faithfulness,

Then I will pardon her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:7 -

“Why should I pardon you?

Your sons have forsaken Me

And sworn by those who are not gods.

I had satisfied them to the full,

Then they committed adultery

And trooped to the harlot’s house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:34 - “And they will not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, ‘Know Yahweh,’ for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,” declares Yahweh, “for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:3 - “Perhaps the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I devise [fn]to bring on them, in order that every man will turn from his evil way; then I will forgive their iniquity and their sin.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:20 - ‘In those days and at that time,’ declares Yahweh, ‘search will be made for the iniquity of Israel, but there will be none; and for the sins of Judah, but they will not be found; for I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:2 - And it happened [fn]when it had completed eating the vegetation of the land, that I said,

“Lord Yahweh, please pardon!

[fn]How can Jacob rise up,

For he is small?”

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