Hilastērios ἱλαστήριος

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Hilastērios
ἱλαστήριος
Transliterationhilastērios
Strong's numberG2435
LanguageGreek
Part of speechneuter noun
Glosspropitiation
Occurrences2 in 2 verses
Most frequent inRomans (1)

Hilastērios (Greek ἱλαστήριος, Strong's G2435) is a Greek neuter noun meaning “propitiation”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

ἱλαστήριος, -α, -ον
(ἱλάσκομαι), [in LXX: 4Ma.17:22; neut., Exo.25:16 (17) ff. Exo.31:7 35:12 37:6 ff., Lev.16:2, 13 ff. Num.7:89 (כַּפֹּרֶת), Eze.43:14, 17 43:20 (עֲזָרָה) Amo.9:1 (on the original here, see Deiss., BS, 127)* ;]
propitiatory (μνῆμα, FlJ, Ant., xvi, 7, 1; θάνατος, 2Mac, l.with): of Christ, Rom.3:25; as subst., το ἱ. (sc. ἐπίθεμα, Exo.25:16-17, where the word first occurs in LXX and where ἱ. ἐ. = כַּפֹּרֶת (which see in BDB, see word), elsewhere rendered simply τὸ ἱ; cf. Deiss., 124 ff.; Westc., He., in l), Heb.9:5.†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVpropitiation (1), mercyseat (1)
BSBatoning sacrifice (1), mercy seat (1)

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Verses

Every verse with Hilastērios, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Romans

Hebrews

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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