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ἵλεως

Lemma	ἵλεως
Citation form	ἵλεως, nt. (Attic 2 decl.) ων
Part of speech	adjective
Gloss	propitious, forgiving
Strong’s	G2436
Transliteration	híleōs
Definition	cheerful (as attractive), i.e. propitious; adverbially (by Hebraism) God be gracious!, i.e. (in averting some calamity) far be it
KJV glosses	:--be it far, merciful.
Derivation	perhaps from the alternate form of
SBLGNT occurrences	2