Quick Definition
a propitiation, atoning sacrifice
Strong's Definition
atonement, i.e. (concretely) an expiator
KJV Usage: propitiation
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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 ηΗθΘΜΰϊ, 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 ρΐμΔιηΘδ, forgiveness, Psa_129:4 (); Dan_9:9, Theod.). (Cf. Trench, § lxxvii.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἱλασμός hilasmos 2x
atoning sacrifice, sin offering, propitiation, expiation; one who makes propitiation/expiation, 1Jn_2:2 ; 1Jn_4:10 * atonement, atoning sacrifice; propitiate, propitiation.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† ἱλασμός , -οῦ
( < ἱλάσκομαι ),
[in LXX : Lev_25:9 , Num_5:8 ( H3725 ), Psa_130:4 , Da TH Dan_9:9 ( H5547 ), Amo_8:14 ( H819 ), Eze_44:27 ( H2403 ), 1Ch_28:20 , Sir_18:20 A, 2Ma_3:33 * ;]
1. an appeasing ( Plut .).
2. a means of appeasing, propitiation ( Philo ; Nu, Ez, ll.c .): 1Jn_2:2 ; 1Jn_4:10 .
3. In LXX also forgiveness (Ps, Da TH, ll.c .).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἱλασμός [page 303]
On the formation of this and similar substantives in μός , see Hatzidakis Einl . p. 179 f.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἱλασμός ἱ_λασμός, ὁ, "a means of appeasing", Plut. :— "a propitiation", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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).†
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