חָלִילָה
châlîylâh · khaw-lee'-law
literal fora profaned thing; used (interj.) far be it!
Lexicon
Derivation: or חָלִלָה; a directive from H2490 (חָלַל);
literal fora profaned thing; used (interj.) far be it!
- literal fora profaned thing
- used (interj.) far be it!
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be far, ([idiom] God) forbid.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › authority, the one who leads › the hand that works › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold
To separate and protect of authority, the one who leads of the hand that works of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָלִילָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
21 occurrences · 21 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- god forbid7 · 33%
- forbid4 · 19%
- far be it3 · 14%
- that be far2 · 10%
- be it far from me1 · 5%
- unto him, god forbid1 · 5%
- far be it from thee1 · 5%
- for him? be it far from me1 · 5%
- be it far1 · 5%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.