καταλλάσσωkatallássō
to change mutually, i.e. (figuratively) to compound a difference
Greek (New Testament) · G2644
Meanings
properly, to change, exchange (especially of money); hence, of persons, to change from emnity to friendship, to reconcile: of the reconciliation of man to God (Lft., Notes, 288; ICC on Romans 5:10; DCG, ii, 474, 797), 2 Corinthians 5:18, 2 Corinthians 5:19; passive, Romans 5:10, 2 Corinthians 5:20; of a woman returning to her husband, 1 Corinthians 7:11 (cf. ἀπο-καταλλάσσω).
Same root
- κατάkatá · G2596(prepositionally) down (in place or time), in varied relations (according to the case (genitive, dative or accusative) with which it is joined)
- ἀλλάσσωallássō · G236to make different
- καταλλαγήkatallagḗ · G2643exchange (figuratively, adjustment), i.e. restoration to (the divine) favor
- ἀποκαταλλάσσωapokatallássō · G604to reconcile fully
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Romans 5:10 For since our friendship with God was restored by the death of his Son while we were still his enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of his Son.
- 1 Corinthians 7:11 But if she does leave him, let her remain single or else be reconciled to him. And the husband must not leave his wife.
- 2 Corinthians 5:18 And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ. And God has given us this task of reconciling people to him.
- 2 Corinthians 5:19 For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them. And he gave us this wonderful message of reconciliation.
- 2 Corinthians 5:20 So we are Christ’s ambassadors; God is making his appeal through us. We speak for Christ when we plead, “Come back to God!”
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.