Definition
ἱλάσκομαι
(ἵλαος = ἵλεως) [in LXX (cf. Westc., Epp. Jo., 85 f.) for סָלַח, 4Ki.5.18 24:4, Psalm 25:11, Lamentations 3:42, Da TH Daniel 9:19; כָּפַר pi., Psalm 65:3; 78:38; 79:9; נָחַם ni., Exodus 32:14, Esther 4:17 * ;]
1. in cl., with accusative of person(s), to conciliate, appease, propitiate (= ἐξιλάσκομαι, Genesis 32:20, Proverbs 16:14, Malachi 1:9, al.).
2. In LXX (Thackeray, Gr., 270, 1.), Inscr. (Deiss., BS, 224 f.), and NT, to be propitious, merciful (with dative of thing(s), Psalm 79:9, al.): with dative of person(s) (4Ki.5.18), Luke 18:13.
3. As in Philo (= ἐξιλάσκ-, in LXX: Ezekiel 43:22, al.), to expiate, make propitiation for: τ. ἁμαρτίας, Hebrews 2:17 (Cremer, 301 ff., 735).
Usage patterns
Occurrences
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- Luke 18:13ἱλάσθητί · have mercyBut the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’
- Hebrews 2:17ἱλάσκεσθαι · make atonementFor this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.