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ἵλεως

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
ἵλεως
Greek transliteration: 
hileōs
Simplified transliteration: 
hileos
Numbers
Strong's number: 
2436
GK Number: 
2664
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
2
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
a-5a
Gloss: 
forgiving, gracious; (may God be) gracious!, God forbid!
Definition: 
propitious, favorable, merciful, gracious, Heb. 8:12; from the Hebrew, ἵλεως σοι (ὁ θεός) God have mercy on thee, God forbid, far be it from thee, Mt. 16:22*

Greek-English Concordance for ἵλεως

Matthew 16:22 And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “Far (hileōs | ἵλεως | nom sg masc) be it from you, Lord! This must never happen to you.”
Hebrews 8:12 For I will be gracious (hileōs | ἵλεως | nom sg masc) toward their iniquities and I will never again remember their sins.”