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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 2434. ἱλασμός (hilasmos) -- Propitiation, Atoning Sacrifice</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/2434.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/mark/1-2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/2434.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 2434</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/2433.htm" title="2433">◄</a> 2434. hilasmos <a href="../greek/2435.htm" title="2435">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">hilasmos: Propitiation, Atoning Sacrifice</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">ἱλασμός</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Noun, Masculine<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>hilasmos<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>hē-läs-mos'<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(hil-as-mos')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Propitiation, Atoning Sacrifice<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>a propitiation (of an angry god), atoning sacrifice.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the Greek verb ἱλάσκομαι (hilaskomai), meaning "to appease" or "to propitiate."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span>The Hebrew equivalent concept is often associated with the term כָּפַר (kaphar), Strong's Hebrew #3722, which means "to cover, to atone, to make reconciliation."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "hilasmos" refers to the act of appeasing or satisfying the wrath of a deity, specifically through a sacrificial offering. In the New Testament, it is used to describe the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ, which satisfies the righteous demands of God’s justice and turns away His wrath from sinners. It emphasizes the reconciliation between God and humanity through Christ's sacrificial death.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of propitiation was common in religious practices, where offerings were made to appease the gods and avert their wrath. In the Jewish context, the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) involved sacrifices to atone for the sins of the people. The New Testament writers, particularly John, use "hilasmos" to convey the idea that Jesus is the ultimate and final atoning sacrifice, fulfilling and surpassing the Old Testament sacrificial system.<div class="vheading2">HELPS Word-studies</div><p class="discovery"><b>2434</b> <i>hilasmós</i> – properly, <i>propitiation</i>; an offering to <i>appease</i> (<i>satisfy</i>) an <i>angry</i>, <i>offended</i> party. <a href="/greek/2434.htm">2434</a> (<i>hilasmós</i>) is only used twice (1 Jn 2:2, 4:10) – both times of <i>Christ's atoning</i> blood that <i>appeases God's wrath, on all confessed sin</i>. By the <i>sacrifice</i> of <i>Himself</i>, Jesus Christ provided the ultimate <a href="/greek/2434.htm">2434</a> <i>/hilasmós</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 <a href="/greek/2433.htm">hilaskomai</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>propitiation<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>propitiation (2).<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 2434: ἱλασμός</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">ἱλασμός</span></span>, <span class="greek2">ἱλασμοῦ</span>, <span class="greek2">ὁ</span> (<span class="greek2">ἱλάσκομαι</span>); <p><span class="textheading">1.</span> <span class="accented">an appeasing, propitiating,</span> <span class="manuref">Vulg.</span><span class="latin">propitiatio</span> (<span class="abbreviation">Plutarch</span>, de sera num. vind. c. 17; plural joined with <span class="greek2">καθαρμοι</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Plutarch</span>, Sol. 12; with the genitive of the object <span class="greek2">τῶν</span> <span class="greek2">θεῶν</span>, the <span class="abbreviation">Orphica</span> Arg. 39; <span class="abbreviation">Plutarch</span>, Fab. 18; <span class="greek2">θεῶν</span> <span class="greek2">μῆνιν</span> <span class="greek2">ἱλασμοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">καί</span> <span class="greek2">χαριστηριων</span> <span class="greek2">δεομένην</span>, vit. Camill. 7 at the end; <span class="greek2">ποιεῖσθαι</span> <span class="greek2">ἱλασμόν</span>, of a priest offering an expiatory sacrifice, 2 Macc. 3:33). <p><span class="textheading">2.</span> in <span class="manuref">Alex.</span> usage <span class="accented">the means of appeasing, a propitiation</span>: <span class="abbreviation">Philo</span>, alleg. leg. 3: § 61; <span class="greek2">προσοίσουσιν</span> <span class="greek2">ἱλασμόν</span>, for <span class="hebrew">חַטָּאת</span>, <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/44-27.htm">Ezekiel 44:27</a>; <span class="greek2">περί</span> <span class="greek2">τῶν</span> <span class="greek2">ἁμαρτιῶν</span>, of Christ, <a href="/interlinear/1_john/2-2.htm">1 John 2:2</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_john/4-10.htm">1 John 4:10</a> (<span class="greek2">κριός</span> <span class="greek2">τοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">ἱλασμοῦ</span>, <a href="/interlinear/numbers/5-8.htm">Numbers 5:8</a>; (cf. <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">ἡμέρα</span></span> <span class="greek2">τοῦ</span> <span class="greek2">ἱλασμοῦ</span>, <a href="/interlinear/leviticus/25-9.htm">Leviticus 25:9</a>); also for <span class="hebrew">סְלִיחָה</span>, forgiveness, <a href="/interlinear/psalms/129-4.htm">Psalm 129:4</a><FOOTNOTE:10> (<BIBLE/CHAPTER_VERSE:Ps. 130:4>); <a href="/interlinear/daniel/9-9.htm">Daniel 9:9</a>, <span class="manuref">Theod.</span>). (Cf. <span class="abbreviation">Trench</span>, § lxxvii.)<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>propitiation, sin offering<p>Atonement, i.e. (concretely) an expiator -- propitiation. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>ιλασμοί ιλασμον ιλασμόν ἱλασμὸν ιλασμος ιλασμός ἱλασμός ιλασμού ιλασμόυ hilasmon hilasmòn hilasmos hilasmós ilasmon ilasmos<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/1_john/2-2.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 John 2:2</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular">N-NMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_john/2.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">καὶ αὐτὸς <b>ἱλασμός</b> ἐστιν περὶ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_john/2.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and He Himself <span class="itali">is the propitiation</span> for our sins;<br><a href="/kjvs/1_john/2.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> he is <span class="itali">the propitiation</span> for our<br><a href="/interlinear/1_john/2-2.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and he <span class="itali">[the] propitiation</span> is for<p><b><a href="/text/1_john/4-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 John 4:10</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular">N-AMS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_john/4.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">υἱὸν αὐτοῦ <b>ἱλασμὸν</b> περὶ τῶν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_john/4.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> His Son <span class="itali">[to be] the propitiation</span> for our sins.<br><a href="/kjvs/1_john/4.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Son <span class="itali">[to be] the propitiation</span> for<br><a href="/interlinear/1_john/4-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Son of him <span class="itali">a propitiation</span> for the<p><b><a href="/greek/2434.htm">Strong's Greek 2434</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_2434.htm">2 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/ilasmon_2434.htm">ἱλασμὸν — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/greek/ilasmos_2434.htm">ἱλασμός — 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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/2433.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2433"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2433" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/2435.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2435"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2435" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>