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Propitiation

ἱλαστήριοςStrong’s G2435

hilastērios

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Hilastērios is the Greek word usually translated “propitiation” and “mercy seat”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;”
Romans 3:25 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “propitiation” and “mercy seat”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • a propitiation 1
  • mercy seat 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Romans 1
  • Hebrews 1

2 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

ἱλαστήριος hilastērios · propitiation

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 STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “propitiation” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

PROPITIATION, noun

propisia'shon.

  1. The act of appeasing wrath and conciliating the favor of an offended person; the act of making propitious.
  2. In theology, the atonement or atoning sacrifice offered to God to assuage his wrath and render him propitious to sinners. Romans 3:251 John 2:2

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.