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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 Box Gen 18:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:25 - “Far be it from You to do such a thing as this, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be as the wicked; far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:7 - And they said to him, “Why does my lord say these words? Far be it from us that your servants should do such a thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:17 - But he said, “Far be it from me that I should do so; the man in whose hand the cup was found, he shall be my slave. And as for you, go up in peace to your father.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:29 - “Far be it from us that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn from following the LORD this day, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for grain offerings, or for sacrifices, besides the altar of the LORD our God which is before His tabernacle.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:16 - So the people answered and said: “Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD to serve other gods;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:30 - “Therefore the LORD God of Israel says: ‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever.’ But now the LORD says: ‘Far be it from Me; for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 12:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:23 - “Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you; but I will teach you the good and the right way.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:45 - But the people said to Saul, “Shall Jonathan die, who has accomplished this great deliverance in Israel? Certainly not! As the LORD lives, not one hair of his head shall fall to the ground, for he has worked with God this day.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:2 - So Jonathan said to him, “By no means! You shall not die! Indeed, my father will do nothing either great or small without first telling me. And why should my father hide this thing from me? It is not so!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:9 - But Jonathan said, “Far be it from you! For if I knew certainly that evil was determined by my father to come upon you, then would I not tell you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:15 - “Did I then begin to inquire of God for him? Far be it from me! Let not the king impute anything to his servant, or to any in the house of my father. For your servant knew nothing of all this, little or much.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:6 - And he said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do this thing to my master, the LORD’s anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:11 - “The LORD forbid that I should stretch out my hand against the LORD’s anointed. But please, take now the spear and the jug of water that are by his head, and let us go.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:20 - And Joab answered and said, “Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:17 - And he said, “Far be it from me, O LORD, that I should do this! Is this not the blood of the men who went in jeopardy of their lives?” Therefore he would not drink it. These things were done by the three mighty men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:3 - But Naboth said to Ahab, “The LORD forbid that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:19 - And he said, “Far be it from me, O my God, that I should do this! Shall I drink the blood of these men who have put their lives in jeopardy? For at the risk of their lives they brought it.” Therefore he would not drink it. These things were done by the three mighty men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:5 - Far be it from me
That I should say you are right;
Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:10 - “Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding:
Far be it from God to do wickedness,
And from the Almighty to commit iniquity.
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