noun · masculine

hilasmos

Greekἱλασμός (hilasmos)

Strong’sG2434

a propitiation, atoning sacrifice

stem hilasm-2 times in the New Testament2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

propitiation2×

What it means

† ἱλασμός, -οῦ

(< ἱλάσκομαι), [in LXX: Le 25:9, Nu 5:8 (כִּפֻּרִים), Ps 129(130):4, Da TH 9:9 (סְלִיחָה), Am 8:14 (אַשְׁמָה), Ez 44:27 (חַטָּאת), I Ch 28:20, Si 18:20 A, II Mac 3:33*;]

1. an appeasing (Plut.).

2. a means of appeasing, propitiation (Philo; Nu 5:8, Ez 44:27): I Jo 2:2 4:10.

3. In LXX also forgiveness (Ps 129(130):4, Da TH 9:9).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2434 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidhil-as-mos'

atonement, i.e. (concretely) an expiator

King Jamespropitiation.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	hilasmos1×ἱλασμός	hilasmois
object accusative	hilasmon1×ἱλασμὸν	hilasmoin
direct address vocative	hilasmor	hilasmoir
of, belonging to genitive	hilasmou	hilasmoiu
to, for dative	hilasmo	hilasmoi

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

hilasmstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

hilasmo is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

hilasmos“propitiation”subjectnominative singular1×

1 John 2:2“propitiation”kai autos hilasmos atō peri taiu hamartaiu nu, ouk peri taiu hēmeteraiu de monem alla kai peri holou tou kosmou.He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.

hilasmon“propitiation”objectaccusative singular1×

1 John 4:10“propitiation”en houte atō tas agapas, ouk hoti nis agapanē ton theon, alla hoti autos agapata nin kai apostelata ton huion autou hilasmon peri taiu hamartaiu nu.And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.