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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - καταλλαγή
καταλλαγή
G2643
Transliteration: katallagḗ
Pronunciation: kat-al-lag-ay'
Definition: atonement
- Original: καταλλαγή - Transliteration: Katallage - Phonetic: kat-al-lag-ay'
- Definition:
1. exchange
a. of the business of money changers, exchanging equivalent values
2. adjustment of a difference, reconciliation, restoration to favour
a. in the NT of the restoration of the favour of God to sinners that repent and put their trust in the expiatory death of Christ
- Origin: from G2644" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2644 - TDNT entry: 05:18,4 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From G2644" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2644; exchange (figuratively adjustment) that is restoration to (the divine) favor: - atonement reconciliation (-ing).