◄ G2435 ►
ἱλαστήριον
Transliteration
hilasterion;
Pronunciation
hil-as-tay'-ree-on
Parts of Speech
n n
Root Word (Etymology)
from a derivative of 2433
Dictionary Aids
TWOT Reference: TDNT 3:318
KJV Translation Count — 2x
The KJV translates Strongs H1 in the following manner: propitiation (1), mercyseat (1)
Outline of Biblical Usage
1. relating to an appeasing or expiating, having placating or expiating force, expiatory; a means of appeasing or expiating, a propitiation
a. used of the cover of the ark of the covenant in the Holy of Holies, which was sprinkled with the blood of the expiatory victim on the annual day of atonement (this rite signifying that the life of the people, the loss of which they had merited by their sins, was offered to God in the blood as the life of the victim, and that God by this ceremony was appeased and their sins expiated); hence the lid of expiation, the propitiatory
b. an expiatory sacrifice
c. a expiatory victim
Strong's Definitions
hil-as-tay'-ree-on; neuter of a derivative of (2433) (ἱλάσκομαι); an expiatory (place or thing), i.e. (concretely) an atoning victim, or (special) the lid of the Ark (in the Temple): — mercyseat, propitiation.
Concordance Results Using KJV
Whom God hath set forth to be a G2435 through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the G2435; of which we cannot now speak particularly.