Greek noun (neuter) · G2435
ἱλαστήριον
hilasterionhil-as-tay'-ree-on
propitiation
2 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: hilastḗrion
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2435is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 27New Testament books
- 1spelling
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2435
an expiatory (place or thing), i.e. (concretely) an atoning victim, or (specially) the lid of the Ark (in the Temple)
The King James renders it: mercyseat, propitiation.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
hilasterion is rendered "propitiation". It stands 2 times in the Greek text, across two books.
- One of the uses stand in Romans, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Romans 3:25God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.
The first use
God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.
Romans 3:25ἱλαστήριον
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a propitiation1
- mercy seat1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 2, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
1 spelling and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἱλαστήριον2
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular2N-ASN
Romans
one use
God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.
- ἱλαστήριονhilasterionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: a propitiation
Hebrews
one use
Above the ark were the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.
- ἱλαστήριονhilasterionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: mercy seat
Where it leads
Studies that open this word1
Trails through this word1
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.