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ἵλεως

MainId: 002439000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: ι

StrongCodes: G2436

BaseForms:

1. 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