Definition

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

Etymology

or חָלִלָה; a directive from H2490 (חָלַל);

Where the KJV renders it

• be far
• ( God) forbid

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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