What does ἱλασμός (hilasmós) mean in the Bible?
ἱλασμός (hilasmós): Satisfaction or appeasement of God's wrath through a sacrificial offering that restores relationship
Greek · G2434
ἱλασμός
Propitiation
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ἱλασμός G2434
Pronunciation hilasmós
What does ἱλασμός (hilasmós) mean in the Bible?
ἱλασμός (hilasmós): Satisfaction or appeasement of God's wrath through a sacrificial offering that restores relationship
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2434?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [as the] atoning sacrifice (1), [the] atoning sacrifice (1).
Where does ἱλασμός (hilasmós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 John 2:2. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 John (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It [as the] atoning sacrifice 1× 1 John 4:10
[the] atoning sacrifice 1× 1 John 2:2
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row 1 John 2:2
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 1
1 John 2
Source forms
ἱλασμὸν 1x hilasmon 1 John 4:10
ἱλασμός 1x hilasmos 1 John 2:2
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular 1x 1 John 4:10
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x 1 John 2:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Satisfaction or appeasement of God's wrath through a sacrificial offering that restores relationship
Strong's G2434
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link 1 John 2:1-2 Source Gloss
propitiation
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Satisfaction or appeasement of God's wrath through a sacrificial offering that restores relationship
(ἱλάσκομαι), [in LXX: Lev.25:9, Num.5:8 (כִּפֻּר), Psa.130:4, Da TH Dan.9:9 (סְלִיחָה), Amo.8:14 (אַשְׁמָה), Eze.44:27 (חַטָּאָה), 1Ch.28:20, Sir.18:20 A, 2Ma.3:33 * ;]
1an appeasing (Plut.).
3In LXX also forgiveness (Ps, Da TH, ll.with).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
1 John 2:2 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
ἱλασμός ilasmov
a propitiation, atoning sacrifice
Read verse 1 John 4:10 Noun Accusative Singular Masculine
ἱλασμὸν ilasmon
a propitiation, atoning sacrifice
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine 1 John 2:2 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine 1 John 4:10 1×
Sampled Scripture Occurrences
Representative Scripture witnesses for this entry: passage, original form, and sense in context.
New Testament Witnesses
A sacrifice that satisfies divine justice and turns away righteous wrath.
Sacrifice that satisfies divine justice.
Additional Occurrences
1-john Atoning sacrifice hilasmós
means of appeasing wrath, satisfaction of justice
Why This Word Matters
Affirms that Christ’s death satisfies divine justice, securing forgiveness without compromising God’s holiness. 1 John 2:1-2
Forgiveness is not sentimental overlooking of sin but the result of Christ bearing its penalty and satisfying God’s justice. 1 John 4:7-12
God’s love addresses sin through righteous atonement, not by ignoring guilt.
Canonical Themes
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain