Bible Lexicons

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.

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.)

† 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.).†