Hilasmós — G2434

Definition

masculine noun

atonement, i.e. (concretely) an expiator

1. an appeasing, propitiating, Vulg.propitiatio
2. in Alex. usage the means of appeasing, a propitiation

Usually translated as

propitiation

Occurrences

Hilasmós occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 John (2)

• 1 John 2:2 — And he is the propitiation (ἱλασμός) for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
• 1 John 4:10 — Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation (ἱλασμὸν) for our sins.