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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #2434 - ἱλασμός

Transliteration

hilasmós

Phonetics

hil-as-mos'

Origin

a root word

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TDNT

3:301,362

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

an appeasing, propitiating
the means of appeasing, a propitiation

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 819 ‑ אַשְׁמָה (ash‑maw'); 2403 ‑ חַטָּאָה (khat‑taw‑aw', khat‑tawth'); 3725 ‑ כִּפֻּרִים (kip‑poor'); 5547 ‑ סְלִיחָה (sel‑ee‑khaw');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (1)

1 John 1

BSB (2)

1 John 2

CSB (2)

1 John 2

ESV (2)

1 John 2

KJV (2)

1 John 2

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (2)

1 John 2

N95 (2)

1 John 2

NAS (2)

1 John 2

NLT (1)

1 John 3

WEB (2)

1 John 2

YLT (2)

1 John 2

ASV (1)

the propitiation 1

BSB (2)

as the atoning sacrifice 1

the atoning sacrifice 1

CSB (2)

the propitiation 2

ESV (2)

propitiation 2

KJV (2)

propitiation 2

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (2)

propitiation 2

N95 (2)

propitiation 2

NAS (2)

propitiation 2

NLT (1)

atones 1

WEB (2)

as the atoning sacrifice 1

the atoning sacrifice 1

YLT (2)

a propitiation 2

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-ASM 1

N-NSM 1

ANT

N-ASM 1

N-NSM 1

BEZ

N-ASM 1

N-NSM 1

BGB

N-ASM 1

N-NSM 1

BMT

N-ASM 1

N-NSM 1

BYZ

N-ASM 1

N-NSM 1

ELZ

N-ASM 1

N-NSM 1

NA26

N-ASM 1

N-NSM 1

SBL

N-ASM 1

N-NSM 1

SCV

N-ASM 1

N-NSM 1

STV

N-ASM 1

N-NSM 1

TIS

N-ASM 1

N-NSM 1

N-ASM 1

N-NSM 1

TRG

N-ASM 1

N-NSM 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἱλᾰσ-μός [ ῑ], ὁ,

1. a means of appeasing, in pl., Plu. Sol. 12, Orph. A. 39, 554,etc.

2. atonement, sinoffering, LXX Ezekiel 44:27, 2 Maccabees 3:33; 1 John 2:2; 1 John 4:10, Ph. 1.121.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

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, 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.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

† ἱλασμός , -οῦ

(< ἱλάσκομαι ),

[in LXX: Leviticus 25:9, Numbers 5:8 (H3725), Psalms 130:4, Da TH Daniel 9:9 (H5547), Amos 8:14 (H819), Ezekiel 44:27 (H2403), 1 Chronicles 28:20, Sirach 18:20 A, 2 Maccabees 3:33*;]

1. an appeasing (Plut.).

2. a means of appeasing, propitiation (Philo; Nu, Ez, ll.c.): 1 John 2:2; 1 John 4:10.

3. In LXX also forgiveness (Ps, Da TH, ll.c.).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

On the formation of this and similar substantives in—μός, see Hatzidakis Einl. p. 179 f.

List of Word Forms

ιλασμοί ιλασμον ιλασμόν ἱλασμὸν ιλασμος ιλασμός ἱλασμός ιλασμού ιλασμόυ hilasmon hilasmòn hilasmos hilasmós ilasmon ilasmos