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Strong's #2436 - ἵλεως
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- propitious, merciful
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ἱλέ-ωσις [ ῑλ], εως, ἡ,
propitiation, Plu. in Hes. 26.
ἵλεως, ἱλεων (Attic for ἴλαος (cf. Winers Grammar, 22), from Homer down), propitious, merciful: ἔσομαι ἵλεως ταῖς ἀδικίαις, i. e. I will pardon, Hebrews 8:12; Jeremiah 38:34
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ἵλεως , -ων
(Att.. for ἵλαος ),
[in LXX for H2485, 1 Samuel 14:45, 2 Samuel 20:20, al.; ἵ . εἶναι , H5545, 1 Kings 8:30 ff. Jeremiah 31:34, al.;]
propitious, merciful: τ . ἀδικίαες , Hebrews 8:12 (Je, l.c.; cf.1 Ki, l.c.); ἵ . σοι (sc. ἔστω ὁ θεός ), Matthew 16:22 (cf. 1Sam, l.c.).†
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With Hebrews 8:12 cf. P Par 51.24 (B.C. 160) (= Selections, p.20) ἐλθέ μοι, θεὰ θεῶν, εἵλεως γινομένη, ἐπάκουσόν μου, ἐλέησον τὰς Διδύμας, and similarly Leid Uii. 19 (ii/B.C.). See also OGIS 383.286 (mid i/B.C.) ἐγὼ πατρῴους ἅπαντας θεοὺς. . . εἵλεως εἰς πᾶσαν χάριν εὔχομαι διαμένειν, .233 παρὰ τῆς ἐμῆς εὐχῆς ἵλεως δαίμονας καὶ θεοὺς πάντας ἐχέτω. For the phrase in Matthew 16:22 (cf. LXX Genesis 43:23, 2 Kings 20:20, 1 Chronicles 11:19) see Cagnat I. 107.10 Ἵλεώς σοι, ἀλύπι, and OGIS 721.10 (iv/A.D.) (= Letronne 221) ἵλεως ἡμῖν Πλάτων καὶ ἐνταῦθα, with the other exx. in Proleg. p. 240, where the deprecatory meaning is compared with our vernacular expression, ";Mercy on us !";
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