adjective

hilastēriem

Greekἱλαστήριον (hilastērion)

Strong’sG2435

a sin offering, covering

stem hilastēri-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

mercy seat1×propitiation1×

What it means

† ἱλαστήριος, -α, -ον

(< ἱλάσκομαι), [in LXX: IV Mac 17:22; neut., Ex 25:16(17) ff. 31:7 35:12 38:5 (37:6) ff., Le 16:2, 13 ff. Nu 7:89 (כַּפֹּרֶת), Ez 43:14, 17, 20 (עֲזָרָה) Am 9:1 (on the original here, v. Deiss., BS, 127)*;]

propitiatory (μνῆμα, FlJ, Ant., xvi, 7, 1; θάνατος, II Mac, l.c.): of Christ, Ro 3:25; as subst., το ἱ. (sc. ἐπίθεμα, Ex 25:16, 17, where the word first occurs in LXX and where ἱ. ἐ. = כַּפֹּרֶת (q.v. in BDB, s.v.), elsewhere rendered simply τὸ ἱ; cf. Deiss., 124 ff.; Westc., He., in l.), He 9:5.†

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

Strong’s G2435 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidhil-as-tay'-ree-on

an expiatory (place or thing), i.e. (concretely) an atoning victim, or (specially) the lid of the Ark (in the Temple)

Fromneuter of a derivative of G2433;

King Jamesmercyseat, propitiation.

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	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	hilastērios	hilastērias	hilastēriem2×ἱλαστήριον	hilastēriois	hilastēriais	hilastērieim
object accusative	hilastērion	hilastērian		hilastērioin	hilastēriain
direct address vocative	hilastērior	hilastēriar		hilastērioir	hilastēriair
of, belonging to genitive	hilastēriou	hilastēriau	hilastērieu	hilastērioiu	hilastēriaiu	hilastērieiu
to, for dative	hilastērio	hilastēria	hilastērie	hilastērioi	hilastēriai	hilastēriei

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

hilastēristem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

hilastēri 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

hilastēriem“mercy seat”subject or objectdirect singular2×

Romans 3:25“propitiation”hon protitheta tos theos hilastēriem dia pistiau en te autou haime eis endeixian tau dikaiosunau autou dia tan paresian teiu proginarēteiu hamartēmeiuGod presented Him as an atoning sacrifice in His blood through faith, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.

Hebrews 9:5“mercy seat”huperanō de autau Cheroubeim doxau kataskiazarōteim tem hilastēriem; peri heiu ouk atō nun legarō kata merem.Above the ark were the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.