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Lexicon :: Strong's H2486 - ḥālîlâ

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חָלִילָה
Transliteration
ḥālîlâ
Pronunciation
khaw-lee'-law
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Part of Speech
substantival interjection
Root Word (Etymology)
A directive from חָלַל (H2490)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 661c

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: חללה (Strongs) חליל (Gesenius) חלילה (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

חָלִילָה châlîylâh, khaw-lee'-law; or חָלִלָה châlilâh; a directive from H2490; literal for a profaned thing; used (interjection) far be it!:—be far, (× God) forbid.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's H2486 in the following manner: God forbid (9x), far be it (4x), be...far (4x), Lord forbid (3x), miscellaneous (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's H2486 in the following manner: God forbid (9x), far be it (4x), be...far (4x), Lord forbid (3x), miscellaneous (1x).

  1. far be it (from me), God forbid that, let it not be

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָלִילָה châlîylâh, khaw-lee'-law; or חָלִלָה châlilâh; a directive from H2490; literal for a profaned thing; used (interjection) far be it!:—be far, (× God) forbid.
STRONGS H2486: Abbreviations
† חָלִ֫ילָה substantive with ה locative, used as exclamation literally ad profanum! i.e. far be it (for me, thee, etc.) ! (see BaNB 136) — ח׳ Genesis 44:7 + 17 times, חָלִלָה Genesis 18:25b + 2 times — alone, 1 Samuel 14:45; 1 Samuel 20:2; elsewhere with לְ person: Genesis 18:25b (J), 1 Samuel 2:30; 1 Samuel 20:9; 1 Samuel 22:15; + מִן and infinitive of act deprecated Genesis 18:25; a Genesis 44:7, 17 (all J), Joshua 24:16 (E), 1 Samuel 12:23; 2 Samuel 23:17; + מִמֶּנּוּ ל (peculiarly) Joshua 22:29 (P; = from it, even to rebel); + אִם (= surely not) 2 Samuel 20:20 (ח׳ ח׳), Job 27:5; strengthened idiomatically by מיהוה, לִי מִיּ׳ ח׳ followed by מִן and infinitive 1 Samuel 26:11; 1 Kings 21:3 + 2 Samuel 23:17 (read מיהוה, LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Syriac Version Targum) = 1 Chronicles 11:19 (מאלהי) followed by אִם 1 Samuel 24:7; לָאֵל מֵרֶשַׁע ח׳ Job 34:10.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:25; 18:25; 18:25; 44:7; 44:7; 44:17

Joshua

22:29; 24:16

1 Samuel

2:30; 12:23; 14:45; 20:2; 20:9; 22:15; 24:7; 26:11

2 Samuel

20:20; 23:17; 23:17

1 Kings

21:3

1 Chronicles

11:19

Job

27:5; 34:10

H2486

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2486 matches the Hebrew חָלִילָה (ḥālîlâ),
which occurs 21 times in 19 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:25 - “Far H2486 be it from You to do H6213 [fn]such H2088 a thing, H1697 to slay H4191 the righteous H6662 with the wicked, H7563 so that the righteous H6662 and the wicked H7563 are treated alike. Far H2486 be it from You! Shall not the Judge H8199 of all H3605 the earth H776 [fn]deal H6213 justly?” H4941

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:7 - They said H559 to him, “Why H4100 does my lord H113 speak H1696 such words H1697 as these? H428 Far H2486 be it from your servants H5650 to do H6213 such H2088 a thing. H1697

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:17 - But he said, H559 “Far H2486 be it from me to do H6213 this. H2088 The man H376 in whose H834 [fn]possession H3027 the cup H1375 has been found, H4672 he shall be my slave; H5650 but as for you, go H5927 up in peace H7965 to your father.” H1

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:29 - “Far H2486 be it from us that we should rebel H4775 against the LORD H3068 and turn H7725 away H7725 from following H310 the LORD H3068 this day, H3117 by building H1129 an altar H4196 for burnt H5930 offering, H5930 for grain offering H4503 or for sacrifice, H2077 besides H4480 H905 the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068 our God H430 which H834 is before H6440 His [fn]tabernacle.” H4908

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:16 - The people H5971 answered H6030 and said, H559 “Far H2486 be it from us that we should forsake H5800 the LORD H3068 to serve H5647 other H312 gods; H430

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:30 - “Therefore H3651 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 declares, H5002 ‘I did indeed H559 say H559 that your house H1004 and the house H1004 of your father H1 should walk H1980 before H6440 Me forever’; H5704 H5769 but now H6258 the LORD H3068 declares, H5002 ‘Far H2486 be it from Me—for those who honor H3513 Me I will honor, H3513 and those who despise H959 Me will be lightly H7043 esteemed. H7043

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:23 - “Moreover, H1571 as for me, far H2486 be it from me that I should sin H2398 against the LORD H3068 by ceasing H2308 to pray H6419 for you; but I will instruct H3384 you in the good H2896 and right H3477 way. H1870

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:45 - But the people H5971 said H559 to Saul, H7586 “Must Jonathan H3083 die, H4191 who H834 has [fn]brought H6213 about H6213 this H2088 great H1419 deliverance H3444 in Israel? H3478 Far H2486 from it! As the LORD H3068 lives, H2416 not one hair H8185 of his head H7218 shall fall H5307 to the ground, H776 for he has worked H6213 with God H430 this H2088 day.” H3117 So the people H5971 [fn]rescued H6299 Jonathan H3083 and he did not die. H4191

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:2 - He said H559 to him, “Far H2486 from it, you shall not die. H4191 Behold, H2009 my father H1 does H6213 nothing H3808 H1697 either great H1419 or H176 small H6996 [fn]without H3808 disclosing H1540 it to me. So why H4069 should my father H1 hide H5641 this H2088 thing H1697 from me? It is not so!” H2088

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:9 - Jonathan H3083 said, H559 “Far H2486 be it from you! For if H518 I should indeed H3045 learn H3045 that evil H7451 has been decided H3615 by my father H1 to come H935 upon you, then would I not tell H5046 you about it?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:15 - “Did I just begin H2490 to inquire H7592 of God H430 for him today? H3117 Far H2486 be it from me! Do not let the king H4428 impute H7760 anything H1697 to his servant H5650 or to any H3605 of the household H1004 of my father, H1 for your servant H5650 knows H3045 nothing H3808 [fn]at all H6996 H1419 of this H2088 whole H3605 affair.” H1697

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:6 - So he said H559 to his men, H376 “Far H2486 be it from me because H4480 of the LORD H3068 that I should do H6213 this H2088 thing H1697 to my lord, H113 the LORD’S H3068 anointed, H4899 to stretch H7971 out my hand H3027 against him, since H3588 he is the LORD’S H3068 anointed.” H4899

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:11 - “The LORD H3068 forbid H2486 that I should stretch H7971 out my hand H3027 against the LORD’S H3068 anointed; H4899 but now H6258 please H4994 take H3947 the spear H2595 that is at his head H4763 and the jug H6835 of water, H4325 and let us go.” H1980

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:20 - Joab H3097 replied, H6030 “Far H2486 be it, far H2486 be it from me that I should swallow H1104 up or destroy! H7843

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:17 - and he said, H559 “Be it far H2486 from me, O LORD, H3068 that I should do H6213 this. H2088 Shall I drink the blood H1818 of the men H376 who went H1980 in jeopardy of their lives?” H5315 Therefore he would H14 not drink H8354 it. These H428 things H428 the three H7969 mighty H1368 men H1368 did. H6213

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:3 - But Naboth H5022 said H559 to Ahab, H256 “The LORD H3068 forbid H2486 me that I should give H5414 you the inheritance H5159 of my fathers.” H1

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:19 - and he said, H559 “Be it far H2486 from me before H4480 my God H430 that I should do H6213 this. H2088 Shall I drink H8354 the blood H1818 of these H428 men H376 who went [fn]at the risk of their lives? H5315 For at the risk of their lives H5315 they brought H935 it.” Therefore he would H14 not drink H8354 it. These H428 things H428 the three H7969 mighty H1368 men H1368 did. H6213

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:5 - “Far H2486 be it from me that I should declare H6663 you right; H6663
Till H5704 I die H1478 I will not put H5493 away H5493 my integrity H8538 from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:10 - “Therefore, H3651 listen H8085 to me, you men H376 of understanding. H3824
Far H2486 be it from God H410 to do wickedness, H7562
And from the Almighty H7706 to do wrong. H5766
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