Hebrew intj · H2486
חָלִילָה
chalilahkhaw-lee'-law
forbid
21 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: châlîylâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2486is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 39Old Testament books
- 10spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2486
literal fora profaned thing; used (interj.) far be it!
The King James renders it: be far, ([idiom] God) forbid.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
chalilah is rendered "forbid". It stands 21 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.
- Eight of the uses stand in 1 Samuel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 18:25Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”
- The Greek text spells it ten different ways.
The first use
Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”
Genesis 18:25חָלִ֨לָה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- far be it21
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| חָלִיל | chalil | flute | Uses6 |
All 21, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
10 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- חָלִ֣ילָה6
- חָלִ֤ילָה4
- חָלִילָה֩3
- חָלִ֙ילָה֙2
- חָלִ֗ילָה1
- חָלִילָה֮1
- חָלִ֧ילָה1
- חָלִ֨לָה1
- חָלִ֣לָה1
- חָלִ֖לָה1
The grammar of each form
- interjection21HTj
Genesis
four uses
Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”
- חָלִ֨לָהchalilahinterjectiontagged: far be it
- חָלִ֣לָהchalilahinterjectiontagged: far be it
“Why does my lord say these things?” they asked. “Your servants could not possibly do such a thing.
- חָלִ֙ילָה֙chalilahinterjectiontagged: far be it
But Joseph replied, “Far be it from me to do this. The man who was found with the cup will be my slave. The rest of you may return to your father in peace.”
- חָלִ֣ילָהchalilahinterjectiontagged: far be it
Joshua
two uses
Far be it from us to rebel against the LORD and turn away from Him today by building an altar for burnt offerings, grain offerings, or sacrifices, other than the altar of the LORD our God, which stands before His tabernacle.”
- חָלִילָה֩chalilahinterjectiontagged: far be it
The people replied, “Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods!
- חָלִ֣ילָהchalilahinterjectiontagged: far be it
1 Samuel
eight uses
Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
- חָלִ֣ילָהchalilahinterjectiontagged: far be it
As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the good and right way.
- חָלִ֤ילָהchalilahinterjectiontagged: far be it
But the people said to Saul, “Must Jonathan die—he who accomplished such a great deliverance for Israel? Never! As surely as the LORD lives, not a hair of his head will fall to the ground, for with God’s help he has accomplished this today.” So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die.
- חָלִ֗ילָהchalilahinterjectiontagged: far be it
“Far from it!” Jonathan replied. “You will not die. Indeed, my father does nothing, great or small, without telling me. So why would he hide this matter from me? This cannot be true!”
- חָלִילָה֮chalilahinterjectiontagged: far be it
“Never!” Jonathan replied. “If I ever found out that my father had evil intentions against you, would I not tell you?”
- חָלִ֣ילָהchalilahinterjectiontagged: far be it
Was that day the first time I inquired of God for him? Far be it from me! Let not the king accuse your servant or any of my father’s household, for your servant knew nothing of this whole affair—not in part or in whole.”
- חָלִ֣ילָהchalilahinterjectiontagged: far be it
So he said to his men, “The LORD forbid that I should do such a thing to my master, the LORD’s anointed. May I never lift my hand against him, since he is the LORD’s anointed.”
- חָלִ֧ילָהchalilahinterjectiontagged: far be it
But the LORD forbid that I should stretch out my hand against the LORD’s anointed. Instead, take the spear and water jug by his head, and let us go.”
- חָלִ֤ילָהchalilahinterjectiontagged: far be it
2 Samuel
three uses
“Far be it!” Joab declared. “Far be it from me to swallow up or destroy!
- חָלִ֤ילָהchalilahinterjectiontagged: far be it
- חָלִ֙ילָה֙chalilahinterjectiontagged: far be it
saying, “Far be it from me, O LORD, to do this! Is this not the blood of the men who risked their lives?” So he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three mighty men.
- חָלִילָה֩chalilahinterjectiontagged: far be it
1 Kings
one use
But Naboth replied, “The LORD forbid that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers.”
- חָלִ֤ילָהchalilahinterjectiontagged: far be it
1 Chronicles
one use
saying, “Far be it from me, my God, to do this! How can I drink the blood of these men who risked their lives?” Because they had brought it at the risk of their lives, David refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three mighty men.
- חָלִילָה֩chalilahinterjectiontagged: far be it
Job
two uses
I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.
- חָלִ֣ילָהchalilahinterjectiontagged: far be it
Therefore listen to me, O men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wrong, and from the Almighty to act unjustly.
- חָלִ֖לָהchalilahinterjectiontagged: far be it
Where it leads
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How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.