ἱλάσκομαι (ἵλαος = ἵλεως) [in LXX (cf. Westc., Epp. Jo., 85 f.) for סָלַח, 4Ki.5:18 24:4, Psa.25:11, La 3:42, Da TH Dan.9:19; כָּפַר pi., Psa.65:3 78:38 79:9; נָחַם ni., Exo.32:14, Est.4:17 * ;] 1. in cl., with accusative of person(s), to conciliate, appease, propitiate (= ἐξιλάσκομαι, Gen.32:20, Pro.16:14, Mal.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), Psa.79:9, al.): with dative of person(s) (4Ki.5:18), Luk.18:13. 3. As in Philo (= ἐξιλάσκ-, in LXX: Eze.43:22, al.), to expiate, make propitiation for: τ. ἁμαρτίας, Heb.2:17 (Cremer, 301 ff., 735).† (AS)
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G2433 — ἱλάσκομαι
hilaskomai · to propitiate · Greek
2 tagged verse occurrences
Luke 18:13 · ἱλάσθητί‘And the tax-gatherer, having stood afar off, would not even the eyes lift up to the heaven, but was smiting on his breast, saying, God be propitious to me—the sinner!Hebrews 2:17 · ἱλάσκεσθαιwherefore it did behove him in all things to be made like to the brethren, that he might become a kind and stedfast chief-priest in the things with God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people,