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Strong's Concordance G2436
ἵλεως
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Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Greek form
- ἵλεως
- Transliteration
- hileos
- Pronunciation
- {hil'-eh-oce}
- Occurrences
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- Glosses
- perhaps from the alternate form of 138; 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.
- Related source reference
- see GREEK for 138
- Strong’s number
- G2436
- Definition
- perhaps from the alternate form of 138; 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.
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Greek Bible Dictionary; CrossWire SWORD StrongsGreek module 2.0; historical public-domain lexicon wording preserved.
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<entryFree n="2436"> <orth>ἵλεως</orth><lb/> <orth type="writing">i&lews</orth> <orth rend="bold" type="trans">hileos</orth> <pron rend="italic">{hil'-eh-oce}</pron> <def> perhaps from the alternate form of 138; 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. <lb/> see GREEK for 138 </def> </entryFree>