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In the context of the New Testament, it refers to the act of making amends or reconciling with God, often through a sacrificial offering. This term is closely associated with the concept of propitiation, where God's wrath is appeased through a substitutionary sacrifice, ultimately fulfilled in the atoning work of Jesus Christ.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Greek culture, "hilaskomai" was used in religious contexts to describe the act of appeasing the gods through sacrifices or offerings. In the Jewish context, the concept of atonement was central to the sacrificial system established in the Mosaic Law, where offerings were made to atone for the sins of the people. The New Testament writers, particularly in the book of Hebrews, draw on this background to explain how Jesus' sacrifice fulfills and surpasses the Old Testament sacrificial system.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>Cognate: 2433</b> <i>hiláskomai</i> (akin to <a href="/greek/2434.htm">2434</a> <i>/hilasmós</i>, "propitiation, appeasement/satisfaction of divine wrath on sin") – properly, to extend <i>propitiation</i>, showing mercy by satisfying (literally, propitiating) the wrath of God on sin; "to conciliate, appease, <i>propitiate</i> (so the <i>LXX</i>; see also Thackeray, <i>Gr</i>., 270f quoting from inscriptions and Deiss., <i>BS, </i>224f)" (<i>Abbott-Smith</i>). <a href="/greek/2434.htm">See 2434</a> <i>/hilasmos</i> ("propitiation").</p><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/discovery.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from the same as <a href="/greek/2436.htm">hileós</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to be propitious, make propitiation for<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>make propitiation (1), merciful (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 2433: ἱλάσκομαι</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ἱλάσκομαι</span></span>; (see below); in classical Greek the middle of an act. <span class="greek2">ἱλάσκω</span> (<span class="accented">to render propitious, appease</span>) never met with; <p><span class="textheading">1.</span> <span class="accented">to render propitious to oneself, to appease, conciliate to oneself</span> (from <span class="greek2">ἴλαος</span> gracious, gentle); from <span class="abbreviation">Homer</span> down; mostly with the accusative of a person, as <span class="greek2">Θεόν</span>, <span class="greek2">Ἀθηνην</span>, etc. (<span class="greek2">τόν</span> <span class="greek2">Θεόν</span> <span class="greek2">ἱλάσασθαι</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Josephus</span>, Antiquities 6, 6, 5); very rarely with the accusative of the thing, as <span class="greek2">τήν</span> <span class="greek2">ὀργήν</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Plutarch</span>, Cat. min. 61 (with which cf. <span class="greek2">ἐξιλάσκεσθαι</span> <span class="greek2">θυμόν</span>, <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/16-14.htm">Proverbs 16:14</a> the <span class="manuref">Sept.</span>). In Biblical Greek used passively, <span class="accented">to become propitious, be placated or appeased</span>; in 1 aorist imperative <span class="greek2">ἱλάσθητι</span>, <span class="accented">be propitious, be gracious, be merciful</span> (in secular authors <span class="greek2">ἱληθι</span> and Doric, <span class="greek2">ἵλαθι</span>, which the gramm. regard as the present of an unused verb <span class="greek2">ἵλημι</span>, to be propitious; cf. Alexander <span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span> (1873) Ausf. Sp. ii., p. 206; Kühner, § 343, i., p. 839; <span class="abbreviation">Passow</span>, (or Liddell and Scott, or <span class="abbreviation">Veitch</span>) under the word <span class="greek2">ἵλημι</span>), with the dative of the thing or the person: <a href="/interlinear/luke/18-13.htm">Luke 18:13</a> (<span class="greek2">ταῖς</span> <span class="greek2">ἁμαρτίαις</span>, <a href="/interlinear/psalms/78-9.htm">Psalm 78:9</a><FOOTNOTE:10> (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Ps. 79:9>); <a href="/interlinear/psalms/87-38.htm">Psalm 87:38</a><FOOTNOTE:10> (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Ps. 88:38>); <span class="greek2">τῇ</span> <span class="greek2">ἁμαρτία</span>, <a href="/interlinear/psalms/24-11.htm">Psalm 24:11</a><FOOTNOTE:10> (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Ps. 25:11>); <span class="greek2">ἱλάσθη</span> <span class="greek2">ὁ</span> <span class="greek2">κύριος</span> <span class="greek2">περί</span> <span class="greek2">τῆς</span> <span class="greek2">κακίας</span>, <a href="/interlinear/exodus/32-14.htm">Exodus 32:14</a> <span class="manuref">Alex.</span>; <span class="greek2">ἱλασθήσεται</span> <span class="greek2">κυρίου</span> <span class="greek2">τῷ</span> <span class="greek2">δούλῳ</span> <span class="greek2">σου</span>, <a href="/interlinear/2_kings/5-18.htm">2 Kings 5:18</a>). <p><span class="textheading">2.</span> by an Alexandrian usage, <span class="accented">to expiate, make propitiation for</span> (as <span class="greek2">ἐξιλάσκεσθαι</span> in the O. T.): <span class="greek2">τάς</span> <span class="greek2">ἁμαριτας</span>, <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/2-17.htm">Hebrews 2:17</a> (<span class="greek2">ἡμῶν</span> <span class="greek2">τάς</span> <span class="greek2">ψυχάς</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Philo</span>, alleg. leg. 3, 61). (Cf. Kurtz, Commentary on Hebrews, at the passage cited; <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, 227 (213); Westcott, Epistles of St. John, p. 83f.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>be merciful, make reconciliation for. <p>Middle voice from the same as <a href="/greek/2436.htm">hileos</a>; to conciliate, i.e. (transitively) to atone for (sin), or (intransitively) be propitious -- be merciful, make reconciliation for. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2436.htm">hileos</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>ιλάσεται ιλάσεταί ίλασεταί ιλάση ιλάσθη ιλασθήναι ιλασθητι ιλάσθητι ιλάσθητί ἱλάσθητί ιλασκεσθαι ιλάσκεσθαι ἱλάσκεσθαι hilaskesthai hiláskesthai hilastheti hilasthēti hilásthetí hilásthētí ilaskesthai ilastheti ilasthēti<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/luke/18-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Luke 18:13</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Aorist Imperative Passive - 2nd Person Singular">V-AMP-2S</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/luke/18.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">Ὁ θεός <b>ἱλάσθητί</b> μοι τῷ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/luke/18.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> God, <span class="itali">be merciful</span> to me, the sinner!'<br><a href="/kjvs/luke/18.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> God <span class="itali">be merciful</span> to me<br><a href="/interlinear/luke/18-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> God <span class="itali">be merciful</span> to me the<p><b><a href="/text/hebrews/2-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Hebrews 2:17</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive">V-PNM/P</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">εἰς τὸ <b>ἱλάσκεσθαι</b> τὰς ἁμαρτίας</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/hebrews/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to God, <span class="itali">to make propitiation</span> for the sins<br><a href="/kjvs/hebrews/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> to <span class="itali">make reconciliation for</span> the sins<br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/2-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> for <span class="itali">to make propitiation for</span> the sins<p><b><a href="/greek/2433.htm">Strong's Greek 2433</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_2433.htm">2 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/ilaskesthai_2433.htm">ἱλάσκεσθαι — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/ilasthe_ti_2433.htm">ἱλάσθητί — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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