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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 Box Gen 18:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:25 - absit a te ut rem hanc facias et occidas iustum cum impio fiatque iustus sicut impius non est hoc tuum qui iudicas omnem terram nequaquam facies iudicium

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:7 - qui responderunt quare sic loquitur dominus noster ut servi tui tantum flagitii commiserint

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:17 - respondit Ioseph absit a me ut sic agam qui furatus est scyphum ipse sit servus meus vos autem abite liberi ad patrem vestrum

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:29 - absit a nobis hoc scelus ut recedamus a Domino et eius vestigia relinquamus extructo altari ad holocausta et sacrificia et victimas offerendas praeter altare Domini Dei nostri quod extructum est ante tabernaculum eius

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:16 - responditque populus et ait absit a nobis ut relinquamus Dominum et serviamus diis alienis

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:30 - propterea ait Dominus Deus Israhel loquens locutus sum ut domus tua et domus patris tui ministraret in conspectu meo usque in sempiternum nunc autem dicit Dominus absit hoc a me sed quicumque glorificaverit me glorificabo eum qui autem contemnunt me erunt ignobiles

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:23 - absit autem a me hoc peccatum in Domino ut cessem orare pro vobis et docebo vos viam bonam et rectam

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:45 - dixitque populus ad Saul ergone Ionathan morietur qui fecit salutem hanc magnam in Israhel hoc nefas est vivit Dominus si ceciderit capillus de capite eius in terram quia cum Deo operatus est hodie liberavit ergo populus Ionathan ut non moreretur

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:2 - qui dixit ei absit non morieris neque enim faciet pater meus quicquam grande vel parvum nisi prius indicaverit mihi hunc ergo celavit me pater meus sermonem tantummodo nequaquam erit istud

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:9 - et ait Ionathan absit hoc a te neque enim fieri potest ut si certo cognovero conpletam patris mei esse malitiam contra te non adnuntiem tibi

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:15 - num hodie coepi consulere pro eo Deum absit hoc a me ne suspicetur rex adversus servum suum rem huiuscemodi in universa domo patris mei non enim scivit servus tuus quicquam super hoc negotio vel modicum vel grande

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:6 - [Vulgate 24:7] dixitque ad viros suos propitius mihi sit Dominus ne faciam hanc rem domino meo christo Domini ut mittam manum meam in eum quoniam christus Domini est

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:11 - propitius mihi sit Dominus ne extendam manum meam in christum Domini nunc igitur tolle hastam quae est ad caput eius et scyphum aquae et abeamus

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:20 - respondensque Ioab ait absit absit hoc a me non praecipito neque demolior

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:17 - dicens propitius mihi sit Dominus ne faciam hoc num sanguinem hominum istorum qui profecti sunt et animarum periculum bibam noluit ergo bibere haec fecerunt tres robustissimi

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:3 - cui respondit Naboth propitius mihi sit Dominus ne dem hereditatem patrum meorum tibi

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:19 - dicens absit ut in conspectu Dei mei hoc faciam et sanguinem virorum istorum bibam quia in periculo animarum suarum adtulerunt mihi aquam et ob hanc causam noluit bibere haec fecerunt tres robustissimi

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:5 - absit a me ut iustos vos esse iudicem donec deficiam non recedam ab innocentia mea

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:10 - ideo viri cordati audite me absit a Deo impietas et ab Omnipotente iniquitas
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