Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong's Definition
cheerful (as attractive), i.e. propitious; adverbially (by Hebraism) God be gracious!, i.e. (in averting some calamity) far be it
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
propitious, favorable, merciful, gracious, Heb. 8:12; from the Hebrew, ἵλεως σοι (ὁ θεός) God have mercy on thee, God forbid, far be it from thee, Mt. 16:22*
Translated in KJV as
be it farmerciful
Etymology
perhaps from the alternate form of G138 (αἱρέομαι);
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