2436 GREEK ηιλεως, HILEOS hil'-eh-oce perhaps from the alternate form of αιρεομαι, - haireomai G 138; cheerful (as attractive), i.e. propitious; adverbially (by Hebraism) God be gracious!, i.e. (in averting some calamity) far be it:--be it far, merciful. ιλεως Matt 16:22 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee. Heb 8:12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.
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