Katallagḗ — G2643

Definition

feminine noun

exchange (figuratively, adjustment), i.e. restoration to (the divine) favor

1. exchange
2. adjustment of a difference, reconciliation, restoration to favor, (from Aeschylus on)

Usually translated as

reconciliation, atonement, reconciling

Origin

from G2644

• katallássō (G2644)

Occurrences

Katallagḗ occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Romans (2), 2 Corinthians (2)

• Romans 5:11 — And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement (καταλλαγὴν).
• Romans 11:15 — For if the casting away of them be the reconciling (καταλλαγὴ) of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
• 2 Corinthians 5:18 — And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation (καταλλαγῆς);
• 2 Corinthians 5:19 — To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation (καταλλαγῆς).