{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H2486",
  "lemma": "חָלִילָה",
  "transliteration": "châlîylâh",
  "definition": "literal fora profaned thing; used (interj.) far be it!",
  "kjv": "be far, ([idiom] God) forbid.",
  "occurrences": 21,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H2490",
      "lemma": "חָלַל",
      "transliteration": "châlal",
      "meaning": "to bore",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H2490"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "חָלִ֫ילָה subst. used as exclam. lit. ad profanum! i.e. far be it"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 18:25",
      "text": "May it be far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=25"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 44:7",
      "text": "They said to him, “Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/44?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 44:17",
      "text": "He said, “Far be it from me that I should do so. The man in whose hand the cup is found, he will be my slave; but as…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/44?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Joshua 22:29",
      "text": "“Far be it from us that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn away today from following the LORD, to build an…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/22?v=29"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Joshua 24:16",
      "text": "The people answered, “Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/24?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 2:30",
      "text": "“Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father should walk…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/2?v=30"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 12:23",
      "text": "Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you; but I will…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/12?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 14:45",
      "text": "The people said to Saul, “Shall Jonathan die, who has worked this great salvation in Israel? Far from it! As the LORD…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/14?v=45"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 20:2",
      "text": "He said to him, “Far from it; you will not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small, but that he…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/20?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 20:9",
      "text": "Jonathan said, “Far be it from you; for if I should at all know that evil were determined by my father to come on you…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/20?v=9"
    }
  ],
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