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Lexicon :: Strong's H2486 - ḥālîlâ

Aa
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 BoxGen 18:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:25 - Let such a thing be far from you, to put the upright to death with the sinner: will not the judge of all the earth do right?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:7 - And they said to him, Why does my lord say such words as these? far be it from your servants to do such a thing:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:17 - Then he said, Far be it from me to do so: but the man who had my cup will be my servant; and you may go back to your father in peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:29 - Never let it be said that we were false to the Lord, turning back this day from him and building an altar for burned offerings and meal offerings and offerings of beasts, in addition to the altar of the Lord our God which is before his House.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:16 - Then the people in answer said, Never will we give up the Lord to be the servants of other gods;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:30 - For this reason the Lord God of Israel has said, Truly I did say that your family and your father's people would have their place before me for ever: but now the Lord says, Let it not be so; I will give honour to those by whom I am honoured, and those who have no respect for me will be of small value in my eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:23 - And as for me, never will I go against the orders of the Lord by giving up my prayers for you: but I will go on teaching you the good and right way.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:45

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:45 - And the people said to Saul, Is death to come to Jonathan, the worker of this great salvation for Israel? Let it not be so: by the living Lord, not one hair of his head is to be touched, for he has been working with God today. So the people kept Jonathan from death.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:2 - And he said to him, Far be the thought: you will not be put to death: see, my father does nothing, great or small, without giving me word of it: would he keep this secret from me? It is not so.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:9 - And Jonathan said, Do not have such a thought: for if I saw that my father was designing evil against you, would I not give you word of it?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:15 - Is this the first time I have got directions from God for him? Far be the thought! let the king make no such statement against his servant or my father's family, for your servant has no knowledge, great or small, of this thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 24:6 - And David said to his men, Before the Lord, never let it be said that my hand was lifted up against my lord, the man of the Lord's selection, for the Lord's holy oil has been put on him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:11 - Never will my hand be stretched out against the man marked with the holy oil; but take the spear which is by his head and the vessel of water, and let us go.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:20 - And Joab, answering her, said, Far, far be it from me to be a cause of death or destruction;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:17 - And he said, Far be it from me, O Lord, to do this; how may I take as my drink the life-blood of men who have put their lives in danger? So he would not take it. These things did the three great men of war.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:3 - But Naboth said to Ahab, By the Lord, far be it from me to give you the heritage of my fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:19 - Saying, By my God, far be it from me to do this! How may I take as drink the life-blood of these men who have put their lives in danger? so he did not take it. These things did the three great men of war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:5 - Let it be far from me! I will certainly not say that you are right! I will come to death before I give up my righteousness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:10 - Now then, you wise, take note; you men of knowledge, give ear to me. Let it be far from God to do evil, and from the Ruler of all to do wrong.
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