ἱλάσκομαι

G2433 G:V

to propitiate

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)