Strong G2436ἵλεως
propitious/gracious
- Transliteration
- hileōs
- Pronunciation
- hil'-eh-oce
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective OR Greek Adverb
Definition
Perhaps from the alternate form of G138; cheerful (as attractive) that is propitious; adverbially (by Hebraism) God be gracious! that is (in averting some calamity) far be it: - be it far merciful.
Detailed definition
ἵλεως, -ων
(Att.. for ἵλαος), [in LXX for חָלִיל, 1Ki.14:45, 2Ki.20:20, al.; ἵ. εἶναι, סָלַח, 3Ki.8:30 ff. Jer.31:34, al.;]
propitious, merciful: τ. ἀδικίαες, Heb.8:12 (Je, l.with; cf.1 Ki, l.with); ἵ. σοι (sc. ἔστω ὁ θεός), Mat.16:22 (cf. 1Sam, l.with).†
(AS)
(Att.. for ἵλαος), [in LXX for חָלִיל, 1Ki.14:45, 2Ki.20:20, al.; ἵ. εἶναι, סָלַח, 3Ki.8:30 ff. Jer.31:34, al.;]
propitious, merciful: τ. ἀδικίαες, Heb.8:12 (Je, l.with; cf.1 Ki, l.with); ἵ. σοι (sc. ἔστω ὁ θεός), Mat.16:22 (cf. 1Sam, l.with).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2436 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- be1
- merciful1
First verses
- Matthew 16:22Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee.
- Hebrews 8:12For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
Included with: ἵλαος
[see. entry near the end], ον, Epic dialect and Lyric poetry (incl. Lyric poetry of Trag., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 1040, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1480, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 1148))]: irregular genitive ἱλάονος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“UPZ” 1.8 (4th c.BC))]; Attic dialect and later ἵλεως, ων (also in [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 4.25)], variant for{ἵλεον} in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.91), dual ἵλεω 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 273e; _nominative_ _plural_ ἵλεῳ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 44, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.1.9 (later ἵλεως)] indeclinable as nominative plural, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 985.47 (Philadelphia, 2nd-1st c.BC))], as accusative singular, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (LXX.2Mac.7.37, 10.26, as _genitive_ _sing._, [prev. work] 2.22); _neuter_ ἵλεα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 95a)]: ἵλεος, ον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.94, 6.91 (see. above); also Cretan dialect, “SIG” 527.92 (Dreros, 3rd c.BC), “GDI” 5039.26 (from Hierapytna), 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]: ἵληϝος, uncertain in [Refs 6th c.BC+ (“IG” 5(1).1562 (6th c.AD: Olympiodorus Philosophus, 6th-5th c.BC)],= epigram cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 5.24.3, where ἱλάῳ))]; Aeolic dialect ἴλλαος [Refs (Hdn.Gr. 2.524, compare ἱλάεις)]:—of gods, propitious, gracious, ἔπειθ᾽ ἵλαος Ὀλύμπιος ἔσσεται ἡμῖν [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.583, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 340, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 782, 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 75, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.34, Trag.et 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus [same places], 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.18: in Prose, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 712b, LXX.Gen.43.23, +others, “UPZ” 78.24 (εἵλ-, 2nd c.BC), NT.Heb.8.12, etc.)]; in deprecation, ἵλεώς σοι, κύριε (i.e. ὁ θεός), i.e. be it far from thee, [NT+4th c.AD+ (NT.Matt.16.22; ἵ. ἡμῖν Πλάτων καὶ ἐνταῦθα “OGI” 721.10 (Egypt, 4th c.AD).)]
2 of things, propitious, blameless, atoned for, ἵλαον ἦναι, opposed to ἰνμενφὲς ἦναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 5(2).262(Mantinea, 5th c.BC).)]
II of men, gracious, kindly, σὺ δ᾽ ἵλαον ἔνθεο θυμόν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.639; σοι.. θυμὸς ἐνὶ φρεσὶν ἵ. ἔστω 19.178; ἵλεως κλύειν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 655; δέξασθαι [prev. author] “Aj.” 1009, compare “Tr.” 763; ἐποίησέ θ᾽ ἱλαρὸν.. κἀπέδειξεν ἵλεων 4th c.BC: Ephippus Comicus 6.7: sometimes almost,= ἱλαρός, μειδῆσαι γελάσαι τε καὶ ἵλαον σχεῖν θυμόν “hymnus ad Cererem” 204, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 206d; ὁ οἶνος τὸν ἄνθρωπον ποιεῖ ἵλεων [prev. author] “Lg.” 649a.)]
III adverb ἱλάως and ἱλέως, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus [ῑ always: ᾱ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.583, “hymnus ad Cererem” 204, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus and 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus [same places], 3rd c.BC: Euphorio Epicus 12, “Paean Erythraeus [4th c.BC]” 19, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.18, epigram cited in 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta [same place], “IG” 12(2).476, 1st c.BC: Parthenius Mythographus “fragment” 4)]; elsewhere ᾰ, see above, also [Refs ([prev. author] “fragment” 32, etc.])]
[see. entry near the end], ον, Epic dialect and Lyric poetry (incl. Lyric poetry of Trag., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 1040, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1480, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 1148))]: irregular genitive ἱλάονος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“UPZ” 1.8 (4th c.BC))]; Attic dialect and later ἵλεως, ων (also in [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 4.25)], variant for{ἵλεον} in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.91), dual ἵλεω 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 273e; _nominative_ _plural_ ἵλεῳ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 44, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.1.9 (later ἵλεως)] indeclinable as nominative plural, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“SIG” 985.47 (Philadelphia, 2nd-1st c.BC))], as accusative singular, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (LXX.2Mac.7.37, 10.26, as _genitive_ _sing._, [prev. work] 2.22); _neuter_ ἵλεα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 95a)]: ἵλεος, ον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.94, 6.91 (see. above); also Cretan dialect, “SIG” 527.92 (Dreros, 3rd c.BC), “GDI” 5039.26 (from Hierapytna), 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]: ἵληϝος, uncertain in [Refs 6th c.BC+ (“IG” 5(1).1562 (6th c.AD: Olympiodorus Philosophus, 6th-5th c.BC)],= epigram cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 5.24.3, where ἱλάῳ))]; Aeolic dialect ἴλλαος [Refs (Hdn.Gr. 2.524, compare ἱλάεις)]:—of gods, propitious, gracious, ἔπειθ᾽ ἵλαος Ὀλύμπιος ἔσσεται ἡμῖν [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.583, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 340, 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 782, 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 75, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.34, Trag.et 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus [same places], 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.18: in Prose, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 712b, LXX.Gen.43.23, +others, “UPZ” 78.24 (εἵλ-, 2nd c.BC), NT.Heb.8.12, etc.)]; in deprecation, ἵλεώς σοι, κύριε (i.e. ὁ θεός), i.e. be it far from thee, [NT+4th c.AD+ (NT.Matt.16.22; ἵ. ἡμῖν Πλάτων καὶ ἐνταῦθα “OGI” 721.10 (Egypt, 4th c.AD).)]
2 of things, propitious, blameless, atoned for, ἵλαον ἦναι, opposed to ἰνμενφὲς ἦναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“IG” 5(2).262(Mantinea, 5th c.BC).)]
II of men, gracious, kindly, σὺ δ᾽ ἵλαον ἔνθεο θυμόν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.639; σοι.. θυμὸς ἐνὶ φρεσὶν ἵ. ἔστω 19.178; ἵλεως κλύειν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 655; δέξασθαι [prev. author] “Aj.” 1009, compare “Tr.” 763; ἐποίησέ θ᾽ ἱλαρὸν.. κἀπέδειξεν ἵλεων 4th c.BC: Ephippus Comicus 6.7: sometimes almost,= ἱλαρός, μειδῆσαι γελάσαι τε καὶ ἵλαον σχεῖν θυμόν “hymnus ad Cererem” 204, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 206d; ὁ οἶνος τὸν ἄνθρωπον ποιεῖ ἵλεων [prev. author] “Lg.” 649a.)]
III adverb ἱλάως and ἱλέως, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus [ῑ always: ᾱ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.583, “hymnus ad Cererem” 204, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus and 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus [same places], 3rd c.BC: Euphorio Epicus 12, “Paean Erythraeus [4th c.BC]” 19, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.18, epigram cited in 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta [same place], “IG” 12(2).476, 1st c.BC: Parthenius Mythographus “fragment” 4)]; elsewhere ᾰ, see above, also [Refs ([prev. author] “fragment” 32, etc.])]