# H2486 חָלִילָה

חָלִילָה (châlîylâh), Strong’s H2486: literal fora profaned thing; used (interj.) far be it! KJV: be far, ([idiom] God) forbid.. Occurs 21 times.

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*châlîylâh* — literal fora profaned thing; used (interj.) far be it!

KJV: be far, ([idiom] God) forbid.

Derived from [חָלַל châlal](https://besorah.bible/word/H2490) (to bore)

Occurs 21 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- חָלִ֫ילָה subst. used as exclam. lit. ad profanum! i.e. far be it

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 18:25](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=25) — May it be far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be…
- [Genesis 44:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/44?v=7) — 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…
- [Genesis 44:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/44?v=17) — 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…
- [Joshua 22:29](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/22?v=29) — “Far be it from us that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn away today from following the LORD, to build an…
- [Joshua 24:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/joshua/24?v=16) — The people answered, “Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods;
- [1 Samuel 2:30](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/2?v=30) — “Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, says, ‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father should walk…
- [1 Samuel 12:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/12?v=23) — 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…
- [1 Samuel 14:45](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/14?v=45) — The people said to Saul, “Shall Jonathan die, who has worked this great salvation in Israel? Far from it! As the LORD…
- [1 Samuel 20:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/20?v=2) — He said to him, “Far from it; you will not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small, but that he…
- [1 Samuel 20:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/20?v=9) — 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…