The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

ἵλεως

Lexicon IndexWritten Scriptures
Lemmaἵλεως
Citation formἵλεως, nt. (Attic 2 decl.) ων
Part of speechadjective
Glosspropitious, forgiving
Strong’sG2436
Transliterationhíleōs
Definitioncheerful (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.
Derivationperhaps from the alternate form of
SBLGNT occurrences2

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
Ἵλεώς
adjective, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Matthew 16:22
ἵλεως
adjective, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Hebrews 8:12

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: ιλεως.