ἱλαστήριονhilastḗrion
an expiatory (place or thing), i.e. (concretely) an atoning victim, or (specially) the lid of the Ark (in the Temple)
Greek (New Testament) · G2435
Meanings
propitiatory: of Christ, Romans 3:25; as as a noun, το ἱ. (namely ἐπίθεμα, Exodus 25:16, Exodus 25:17, where the word first occurs in LXX and where ἱ. ἐ. = כַּפֹּרֶת (see that word in BDB, under that word), elsewhere rendered simply τὸ ἱ; cf. Deiss., 124 ff.; Westc., He., in l.), Hebrews 9:5.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Romans 3:25 For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood. This sacrifice shows that God was being fair when he held back and did not punish those who sinned in times past,
- Hebrews 9:5 Above the Ark were the cherubim of divine glory, whose wings stretched out over the Ark’s cover, the place of atonement. But we cannot explain these things in detail now.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.