Lexicon hilasmos: propitiation Original Word: ἱλασμός, οῦ, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: hilasmos Phonetic Spelling: (hil-as-mos') Short Definition: a propitiation, atoning sacrifice Definition: a propitiation (of an angry god), atoning sacrifice. HELPS word-Studies 2434 hilasmós – properly, propitiation; an offering to appease (satisfy) an angry, offended party. 2434 (hilasmós) is only used twice (1 Jn 2:2, 4:10) – both times of Christ's atoning blood that appeases God's wrath, on all confessed sin. By the sacrifice of Himself, Jesus Christ provided the ultimate 2434 /hilasmós ("propitiation"). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom hilaskomaiDefinitionpropitiation NASB Translationpropitiation (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2434: ἱλασμόςἱλασμός, ἱλασμοῦ, ὁ ( ἱλάσκομαι); 1. an appeasing, propitiating, Vulg.propitiatio (Plutarch, de sera num. vind. c. 17; plural joined with καθαρμοι, Plutarch, Sol. 12; with the genitive of the object τῶν θεῶν, the Orphica Arg. 39; Plutarch, Fab. 18; θεῶν μῆνιν ἱλασμοῦ καί χαριστηριων δεομένην, vit. Camill. 7 at the end; ποιεῖσθαι ἱλασμόν, of a priest offering an expiatory sacrifice, 2 Macc. 3:33). 2. in Alex. usage the means of appeasing, a propitiation: Philo, alleg. leg. 3: § 61; προσοίσουσιν ἱλασμόν, for חַטָּאת, Ezekiel 44:27; περί τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν, of Christ, 1 John 2:2; 1 John 4:10 (κριός τοῦ ἱλασμοῦ, Numbers 5:8; (cf. ἡμέρα τοῦ ἱλασμοῦ, Leviticus 25:9); also for סְלִיחָה, forgiveness, Psalm 129:4 (); Daniel 9:9, Theod.). (Cf. Trench, § lxxvii.)
Strong's propitiation, sin offering Atonement, i.e. (concretely) an expiator -- propitiation. |
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