adjective

hilaos

Greekἵλεως (hileōs)

Strong’sG2436

propitious, forgiving

stem hila-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

far be it1×merciful1×

What it means

ἵλεως, -ων

(Att. for ἵλαος), [in LXX for חָלִיל, I Ki 14:45, II Ki 20:20, al.; ἵ. εἶναι, סלח, III Ki 8:30 ff., Je 38(31):34, al.;]

propitious, merciful: τ. ἀδικίαις, He 8:12 (Je 38(31):34; cf. III Ki 8:30 ff.); ἵ. σοι (sc. ἔστω ὁ θεός), Mt 16:22 (cf. I Ki 14:45).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2436 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidhil'-eh-oce

cheerful (as attractive), i.e. propitious; adverbially (by Hebraism) God be gracious!, i.e. (in averting some calamity) far be it

Fromperhaps from the alternate form of G138;

King Jamesbe it far, merciful.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	hilaos2×Ἵλεώς	hilaas	hilaem	hilaois	hilaais	hilaeim
object accusative	hilaon	hilaan		hilaoin	hilaain
direct address vocative	hilaor	hilaar		hilaoir	hilaair
of, belonging to genitive	hilaou	hilaau	hilaeu	hilaoiu	hilaaiu	hilaeiu
to, for dative	hilao	hilaa	hilae	hilaoi	hilaai	hilaei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

hilastem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

hila is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

hilaos“merciful”subjectnominative singular2×

Matthew 16:22“far be it”kai proslamberatos auton tos Petros archeta epitimarō auto legarōtos; Hilaos si, kurior; ouk mē eti si houtem.Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. “Far be it from You, Lord!” he said. “This shall never happen to You!”

Hebrews 8:12“merciful”hoti hilaos emi tai adikiai autoiu, kai taiu hamartaiu autoiu ouk mē mimnēskimeia ēti.For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”