propitious/gracious

Greek, Adjective

ἵλεως, -ων (Att. for ἵλαος), [in LXX for חָלִיל, 1Ki.14:45, 2Ki.20:20, al; ἵ. εἶναι, סָלַח, 3Ki.8:30 ff. Jer.31:34, al;] propitious, merciful: τ. ἀδικίαες, Heb.8:12 (Je, l.with; cf.1 Ki, l.with); ἵ. σοι (sc. ἔστω ὁ θεός), Mat.16:22 (cf. 1Sam, l.with). (AS)

propitious/gracious

Greek, Adjective

Included with: ἵλαος [see. entry near the end], ον, Epic dialect and Lyric poetry (incl. Lyric poetry of Trag, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: irregular genitive ἱλάονος [Refs 4th c.BC+]; Attic dialect and later ἵλεως, ων (also in [Refs 3rd c.BC+], variant for{ἵλεον} in [Refs 5th c.BC+] indeclinable as nominative plural, [Refs 2nd c.BC+], as accusative singular, [LXX+5th c.BC+]: ἵλεος, ον, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: ἵληϝος, uncertain in [Refs 6th c.BC+],= epigram cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; Aeolic dialect ἴλλαος [Refs]:—of gods, propitious, gracious, ἔπειθ᾽ ἵλαος Ὀλύμπιος ἔσσεται ἡμῖν [NT+8th c.BC+]; in deprecation, ἵλεώς σοι, κύριε (i.e. ὁ θεός), i.e. be it far from thee, [NT+4th c.AD+] 2) of things, propitious, blameless, atoned for, ἵλαον ἦναι, opposed to ἰνμενφὲς ἦναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) of men, gracious, kindly, σὺ δ᾽ ἵλαον ἔνθεο θυμόν [Refs 8th c.BC+] III) adverb ἱλάως and ἱλέως, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; elsewhere ᾰ, see above, also [Refs]

Greek

Adjective

cheerful (as attractive), i.e. propitious; adverbially (by Hebraism) God be gracious!, i.e. (in averting some calamity) far be it; be it far, merciful; perhaps from the alternate form of g138 (αἱρέομαι);