ἹΛΆΣΚΟΜΑΙ: ἱλάσκομαι [ (< ἵλαος = ἵλεως), [in LXX (cf. Westc., Epp. Jo., 85 f.) for סלח, IV Ki 5:18 24:4, Ps 24(25):11, La 3:42, Da TH 9:19; כּפר pi., Ps 64(65):3 77(78):38 78(79):9; נחם ni., Ex 32:14, Es 4:17*;] ] 1. . in cl., c. acc. pers., to conciliate, appease, propitiate (= ἐξιλάσκομαι, Ge 32:20, Pr 16:14, Ma 1:9, al.).
2. . In LXX (Thackeray, Gr., 270, f.), Inscr. (Deiss., BS, 224 f.), and NT, to be propitious, merciful (c. dat. rei, Ps 78(79):9, al.): c. dat. pers. (IV Ki 5:18), Lk 18:13.
3. . As in Philo (= ἐξιλάσκ-, in LXX: Ez 43:22, al.), to expiate, make propitiation for: τ. ἁμαρτίας, He 2:17 (Cremer, 301 ff., 735).†