STRONGS G2433:
ἱλάσκομαι; (see below); in classical Greek the middle of an act.
ἱλάσκω (
to render propitious, appease) never met with;
1. to render propitious to oneself, to appease, conciliate to oneself (from
ἴλαος gracious, gentle); from
Homer down; mostly with the accusative of a person, as
Θεόν,
Ἀθηνην, etc. (
τόν Θεόν ἱλάσασθαι,
Josephus, Antiquities 6, 6, 5); very rarely with the accusative of the thing, as
τήν ὀργήν,
Plutarch, Cat. min. 61 (with which cf.
ἐξιλάσκεσθαι θυμόν,
Proverbs 16:14 the
Sept.). In Biblical Greek used passively,
to become propitious, be placated or appeased; in 1 aorist imperative
ἱλάσθητι,
be propitious, be gracious, be merciful (in secular authors
ἱληθι and Doric,
ἵλαθι, which the gramm. regard as the present of an unused verb
ἵλημι, to be propitious; cf. Alexander
Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Sp. ii., p. 206; Kühner, § 343, i., p. 839;
Passow, (or Liddell and Scott, or
Veitch) under the word
ἵλημι), with the dative of the thing or the person:
Luke 18:13 (
ταῖς ἁμαρτίαις,
Psalm 78:9 (
Ps. 79:9); Psalm 87:38 (Ps. 88:38);
τῇ ἁμαρτία, Psalm 24:11 (
Ps. 25:11);
ἱλάσθη ὁ κύριος περί τῆς κακίας,
Exodus 32:14 Alex.;
ἱλασθήσεται κυρίου τῷ δούλῳ σου,
2 Kings 5:18).
2. by an Alexandrian usage,
to expiate, make propitiation for (as
ἐξιλάσκεσθαι in the O. T.):
τάς ἁμαριτας,
Hebrews 2:17 (
ἡμῶν τάς ψυχάς,
Philo, alleg. leg. 3, 61). (Cf. Kurtz, Commentary on Hebrews, at the passage cited;
Winer's Grammar, 227 (213); Westcott, Epistles of St. John, p. 83f.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
- Exodus
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32:14
- 2 Kings
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5:18
- Psalms
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25:11; 78:9; 79:9
- Proverbs
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16:14
- Luke
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18:13
- Hebrews
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2:17