ἱλάσκομαι
hilaskomai · be merciful, make expiation
Greek word · Strong’s number G2433 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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hilaskomai (ἱλάσκομαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “be merciful, make expiation”.
Be merciful, show favor; make expiation for sins.
How to say it
hi·las·ko·mai
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
- To be kindly disposed toward the guilty and forgive them.
- To take away the sin that separates from God, so there is peace with him.
From Abbott-Smith (1922)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- be merciful ×1
- make expiation for ×1
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Luke 18:13
But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, the sinner!’
- Hebrews 2:17
Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every way, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the things relating to God, to make expiation for the sins of the people.