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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #2436 - ἵλεως

Transliteration

híleōs

Phonetics

hil'-eh-oce

Root Word (Etymology)

perhaps from the alternate form of (G138)

Parts of Speech

Adjective

TDNT

3:300,362

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

propitious, merciful

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 2485 ‑ חָלִיל (khaw‑leel'); 3723 ‑ כָּפָר (kaw‑fawr'); 5162 ‑ נָחַם (naw‑kham'); 5375 ‑ נָסָה (naw‑saw', naw‑saw'); 5545 ‑ סָלַח (saw‑lakh'); 7356 ‑ רַחֲמִים (rakh'‑am); 7965 ‑ שָׁלֹם (shaw‑lome', shaw‑lome');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (2)

Matthew 1

Hebrews 1

NAS (3)

Matthew 2

Hebrews 1

HCS (1)

Hebrews 1

BSB (2)

Matthew 1

Hebrews 1

ESV (2)

Matthew 1

Hebrews 1

WEB (2)

Matthew 1

Hebrews 1

KJV (2)

far 1

merciful 1

NAS (3)

God 1

MERCIFUL 1

forbid 1

HCS (1)

merciful 1

BSB (2)

Far be it 1

forgive 1

ESV (2)

it 1

merciful 1

WEB (2)

Far 1

merciful 1

RAH

A-NSM 19

D 6

N-NSM 1

ANT

A-NSM-ATT 2

BEZ

A-NSM-ATT 2

BGB

Adj-NMS 2

BMT

A-NSM-ATT 2

BYZ

A-NSM-ATT 2

ELZ

A-NSM-ATT 2

NA26

A-NSM 2

SBL

A-NSM 2

SCV

A-NSM-ATT 2

STV

A-NSM-ATT 2

TIS

A-NSM-ATT 2

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἱλέ-ωσις [ ῑλ], εως, ἡ,

propitiation, Plu. in Hes. 26.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἵλεως, ἱλεων (Attic for ἴλαος (cf. Winers Grammar, 22), from Homer down), propitious, merciful: ἔσομαι ἵλεως ταῖς ἀδικίαις, i. e. I will pardon, Hebrews 8:12; Jeremiah 38:34 (); Jeremiah 43:3 (); also ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις, 1 Kings 8:34; 2 Chronicles 6:25, 27, etc.; ἵλεως σοι, namely, ἔστω (or εἴη, Buttmann, § 129, 22) ὁ Θεός, i. e. God avert this from thee, Matthew 16:22; the Sept. for חָלִילָה followed by לְ, be it far from one, 2 Samuel 20:20; 2 Samuel 23:17.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἵλεως , -ων

(Att.. for ἵλαος ),

[in LXX for H2485, 1 Samuel 14:45, 2 Samuel 20:20, al.; ἵ . εἶναι , H5545, 1 Kings 8:30 ff. Jeremiah 31:34, al.;]

propitious, merciful: τ . ἀδικίαες , Hebrews 8:12 (Je, l.c.; cf.1 Ki, l.c.); ἵ . σοι (sc. ἔστω ὁ θεός ), Matthew 16:22 (cf. 1Sam, l.c.).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

With Hebrews 8:12 cf. P Par 51.24 (B.C. 160) (= Selections, p.20) ἐλθέ μοι, θεὰ θεῶν, εἵλεως γινομένη, ἐπάκουσόν μου, ἐλέησον τὰς Διδύμας, and similarly Leid Uii. 19 (ii/B.C.). See also OGIS 383.286 (mid i/B.C.) ἐγὼ πατρῴους ἅπαντας θεοὺς. . . εἵλεως εἰς πᾶσαν χάριν εὔχομαι διαμένειν, .233 παρὰ τῆς ἐμῆς εὐχῆς ἵλεως δαίμονας καὶ θεοὺς πάντας ἐχέτω. For the phrase in Matthew 16:22 (cf. LXX Genesis 43:23, 2 Kings 20:20, 1 Chronicles 11:19) see Cagnat I. 107.10 Ἵλεώς σοι, ἀλύπι, and OGIS 721.10 (iv/A.D.) (= Letronne 221) ἵλεως ἡμῖν Πλάτων καὶ ἐνταῦθα, with the other exx. in Proleg. p. 240, where the deprecatory meaning is compared with our vernacular expression, ";Mercy on us !";

List of Word Forms

ιλεως ιλεώς ίλεως ίλεώς ἵλεως Ἵλεώς hileos hileōs híleos híleōs Híleṓs ileos ileōs