ἵλεως hileōs · G2436
propitious/gracious
ἵλεως, -ων; (Att.. for ἵλαος), [in LXX for חָלִיל, 1Ki.14:45, 2Ki.20:20, al.; ἵ. εἶναι, סָלַח, 3Ki.8:30 ff. Jer.31:34, al. ; ] ; propitious, merciful: τ. ἀδικίαες, Heb.8:12 (Je, l.with; cf.1 Ki, l.with); ἵ. σοι (sc. ἔστω ὁ θεός), Mat.16:22 (cf. 1Sam, l.with).†; (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
Included with: ἵλαος ; [see. entry near the end], ον, Epic dialect and Lyric poetry (incl. Lyric poetry of Trag., []: irregular genitive ἱλάονος []; Attic dialect and later ἵλεως, ων (also in [], variant for{ἵλεον} in [] indeclinable as nominative plural, [], as accusative singular, []: ἵλεος, ον, []: ἵληϝος, uncertain in [],= epigram cited in []; Aeolic dialect ἴλλαος []:—of gods, propitious, gracious, ἔπειθ᾽ ἵλαος Ὀλύμπιος ἔσσεται ἡμῖν []; in deprecation, ἵλεώς σοι, κύριε (i.e. ὁ θεός), i.e. …
Where it's used 2 times
Source: TBESG G2436; TFLSJ G2436
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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