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ἱλαστήριος

MainId: 002438000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: ι

StrongCodes: G2435

AlternateLemmas: ἱλαστήριον

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 002438001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: adjc.

   RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'ἱλάσκομαι', 'Meanings': []}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 002438001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 40.12

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Reconciliation, Forgiveness

      LEXSubDomains: Forgiveness

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-08-27 10:10:52

         DefinitionShort: the means by which sins are forgiven

         Glosses: ['the means of forgiveness', 'expiation']

         Comments: Though some traditional translations render ἱλαστήριον as ‘propitiation,’ this involves a wrong interpretation of the term in question. Propitiation is essentially a process by which one does a favor to a person in order to make him or her favorably disposed, but in the NT God is never the object of propitiation since he is already on the side of people. ἱλασμός and ἱλαστήριον[a] denote the means of forgiveness and not propitiation.

      LEXReferences: ROM 3:25

   2. LEXID: 002438001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 40.13

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Reconciliation, Forgiveness

      LEXSubDomains: Forgiveness

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-08-27 10:10:52

         DefinitionShort: the location or place where sins are forgiven (in traditional translations rendered mercy seat)

         Glosses: ['place of forgiveness', 'place where sins are forgiven']

      LEXReferences: HEB 9:5