UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἵλεως

MainId: 002439000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: ι

StrongCodes: G2436

BaseForms:

BaseFormID: 002439001000000
PartsOfSpeech: adjc.
Inflections:
1. Lemma: ἵλεως
  BaseFormIndex: 1
  Realizations: -ων
RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'ἱλαρός', 'Meanings': []}
LEXMeanings:
1. LEXID: 002439001001000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 88.77
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior
  LEXSubDomains: Mercy, Merciless
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-08-27 10:11:51
    DefinitionShort: (derivative of {L:ἐλεάω} ‘to show mercy,’ {D:88.76}) pertaining to showing mercy
    Glosses: merciful
  LEXReferences: HEB 8:12
2. LEXID: 002439001002000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 88.78
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior
  LEXSubDomains: Mercy, Merciless
  LEXCollocations: ἵλεώς σοι
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2021-08-27 10:11:51
    DefinitionShort: (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
    Glosses: ['God forbid it', 'may it not happen']
  LEXReferences: MAT 16:22