G2434

ἱλασμός

hilasmosG:N-M

propitiation

ἱλασμός, -οῦ (ἱλάσκομαι), [in LXX: Lev.25:9, Num.5:8 (כִּפֻּר), Psa.130:4, Da TH Dan.9:9 (סְלִיחָה), Amo.8:14 (אַשְׁמָה), Eze.44:27 (חַטָּאָה), 1Ch.28:20, Sir.18:20 A, 2Ma.3:33 * ;] __1. an appeasing (Plut.). __2. a means of appeasing, propitiation (Philo; Nu, Ez, ll.with): 1Jn.2:2 Jn 4:10. __3. In LXX also forgiveness (Ps, Da TH, ll.with).† (AS)

The KJV translates G2434 in the following manner:

propitiation (4x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

ἱλασμός — hilasmós

ἱλασμός, 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, 2Ma 3:33).

2. in Alex. usage the means of appeasing, a propitiation: Philo, alleg. leg. 3: § 61; προσοίσουσιν ἱλασμόν, for חַטָּאת, Eze 44:27; περί τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν, of Christ, 1Jn 2:2; 1Jn 4:10 (κριός τοῦ ἱλασμοῦ, Num 5:8; (cf. ἡμέρα τοῦ ἱλασμοῦ, Lev 25:9); also for סְלִיחָה, forgiveness, Psa 129:4; Dan 9:9, Theod.). (Cf. Trench, § lxxvii.)

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