Greek semantic word

ἵλεως

Transliteration: hileos

2 lexical sense(s); 2 exact STEP occurrence token(s).

Lexical senses and semantic domains

Sense 1: merciful

(derivative of λεω ‘to show mercy,’ semantic domain 88.76) pertaining to showing mercy

Semantic domains for this sense

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Sense ID
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-002439-01
Source
ubs_greek_dictionary
Licence
CC-BY-SA-4.0
Source-linked references
1 (1 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
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Sense 2: God forbid it, may it not happen

(an idiom, literally: mercy to you) a highly elliptical expression equivalent in meaning to the statement may God be merciful to you in sparing you from having to undergo some experience

Semantic domains for this sense

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Sense ID
SDBC-GRK-SENSE-002439-02
Source
ubs_greek_dictionary
Licence
CC-BY-SA-4.0
Source-linked references
1 (1 verse links; 0 chapter-only title records)
Source-exact record
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Related words and biblical concepts

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Advanced record identity
Lemma ID
SDBC-GRK-LEMMA-002439
Page model version
1.0
Direction
ltr
Domain policy
Sense-specific only; no lemma-level union
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