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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 - That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from thee: 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 unto him, Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these? Far be it from thy servants that they should do such a thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:17 - And he said, Far be it from me that I should do so: the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my bondman; but as for you, get you up in peace unto 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 Jehovah, and turn away this day from following Jehovah, to build an altar for burnt-offering, for meal-offering, or for sacrifice, besides the altar of Jehovah our God that is before his tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:16

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:30 - Therefore Jehovah, the God of Israel, saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now Jehovah saith, Be it far from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and they that 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 Jehovah in ceasing to pray for you: but I will instruct you in the good and the right way.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:45 - And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? Far from it: as Jehovah liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:2 - And he said unto him, Far from it; thou shalt not die: behold, my father doeth nothing either great or small, but that he discloseth it unto 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 - And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee; for if I should at all know that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:15 - Have I to-day begun to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute anything unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father; for thy servant knoweth nothing of all this, less or more.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:6 - And he said unto his men, Jehovah forbid that I should do this thing unto my lord, Jehovah’s anointed, to put forth my hand against him, seeing he is Jehovah’s anointed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:11 - Jehovah forbid that I should put forth my hand against Jehovah’s anointed: but now take, I pray thee, the spear that is at his head, and the cruse of water, 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, Be it far from me, O Jehovah, that I should do this: shall I drink the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:3 - And Naboth said to Ahab, Jehovah forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:19 - and said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did 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 justify you:
Till I die I will not put away mine integrity from me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:10 -
Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding:
Far be it from God, that he should do wickedness,
And from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
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