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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, to put the righteous to death with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:7 - They said to him, “Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants to 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! Only the man in whose hand the cup was found shall be my servant. But 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 away this day from following the LORD by building an altar for burnt offering, grain offering, or sacrifice, other than the altar of the LORD our God that stands before his tabernacle!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:16 - Then the people answered, “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, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever,’ but now the LORD declares: ‘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 by ceasing to pray for you, and 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 - Then the people said to Saul, “Shall Jonathan die, who has worked this great salvation in Israel? Far from it! As the LORD lives, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground, for he has worked with God this day.” So the people ransomed Jonathan, so that he did not die.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:2 - And he said to him, “Far from it! You shall not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small without disclosing it to me. And why should my father hide this 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 you! If I knew that it was determined by my father that harm should come to you, would I not tell you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:15 - Is today the first time that I have inquired of God for him? No! Let not the king impute anything to his servant or to all the house of my father, for your servant has known nothing of all this, much or little.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 24:6

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:11 - The LORD forbid that I should put out my hand against the LORD’s anointed. But take now the spear that is at his head and the jar of water, and let us go.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:20

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:17 - and said, “Far be it from me, O LORD, that I should do this. Shall I drink the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives?” Therefore he would not drink it. These things the three mighty men did.

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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 you the inheritance of my fathers.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:19 - and said, “Far be it from me before my God that I should do this. Shall I drink the lifeblood of these men? For at the risk 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 to say that 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, hear me, you men of understanding:
far be it from God that he should do wickedness,
and from the Almighty that he should do wrong.
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