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H2486 חָלִילָה (châlîylâh) khaw-lee'-law
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

or chalilah {khaw-lee'-law}; a directive from 2490; literal for a profaned thing; used (interj.) far be it!

KJV Usage: be far, (X God) forbid

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

חָלִ֫ילָה (cha.li.lah) — forbid. far be it (from me), God forbid that, let it not be

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

intj · חלל

Evaluators

God forbid!, Never, Far be it! = exclamation expressing a strong conclusion, rejecting the event to which it refers to as inappropriate behavior

GEN 18:25 · GEN 18:25 · GEN 44:7 · GEN 44:17 · JOS 22:29 · JOS 24:16 · 1SA 2:30 · 1SA 12:23 · 1SA 14:45 · 1SA 20:2 · 1SA 20:9 · 1SA 22:15 · 1SA 24:7 · 1SA 26:11 · 2SA 20:20 · 2SA 20:20 · 2SA 23:17 · 1KI 21:3 · 1CH 11:19 · JOB 27:5 · JOB 34:10

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

חָלִ֫ילָה subst. used as exclam. lit. ad profanum! i.e. far be it base

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