ἱλασμός
hilasmos · expiation
Greek word · Strong’s number G2434 · appears 2 times in the Bible
What is the Strong number?
Strong’s number identifies this word: use it to find the same word in other study tools.What it means
hilasmos (ἱλασμός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “expiation”.
The sacrifice that takes away sin and appeases wrath.
How to say it
hi·las·mos
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- What covers and removes sin, bringing peace with God.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
Where it appears
- 1 John 2:2
And he is the expiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
- 1 John 4:10
In this is love, not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as the expiation for our sins.