UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: adjc.

Inflections: ἵλεως; -ων

Sense 1: merciful

Semantic entry: 88.77

Semantic domains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior

Subdomains: Mercy, Merciless

Definition: (derivative of ἐλεάω ‘to show mercy,’ 88.76: ἐλεάω / 88.76: ἐλεέω / 88.76: ἔλεος) pertaining to showing mercy

Show passage in OET: HEB 8:12

OET-RV HEB 8:12

12 Because I’ll be merciful to them when they disobey,
⇔ and certainly I won’t remember their sins any longer.”

OET-LV HEB 8:12

12 Because merciful I _will _be to _the unrighteousness of _them, and of _the sins of _them by _no _means not I _may _be _reminded more.

Jump to OET HEB 8:12 section.

Sense 2: God forbid it, may it not happen

Semantic entry: 88.78

Semantic domains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior

Subdomains: Mercy, Merciless

Definition: (an idiom, literally: mercy to you) a highly elliptical expression equivalent in meaning to the statement may God be merciful to you in sparing you from having to undergo some experience

Collocations: ἵλεώς σοι

Show passage in OET: MAT 16:22

OET-RV MAT 16:22

22 But Kefa (Peter; Grk. Petros) took him aside and started telling him off, saying, “Goodness gracious, master, this certainly won’t happen to you.”

OET-LV MAT 16:22

22 And the Petros having _taken _aside him, he _began to _be _giving _rebuke to _him saying:
Merciful be to _you, master, by _no _means this will_ not _be to _you.

Jump to OET MAT 16:22 section.

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἵλεως

Form 1

Sense 1: merciful

Sense 2: God forbid it, may it not happen