G2434

ἱλασμός

hilasmos

Masculine noun · A root word

Atonement, i.e. (concretely) an expiator:—propitiation.

Outline

an appeasing, propitiating
the means of appeasing, a propitiation

Usages

1 John 2:2

And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

Breakdown

world κόσμος (ko'-smos) meaning a particular sect/group, i.e. Israel. Only the children of Israel were given the law (Amos 3:2, Psalms 147:19), therefore only they can sin.

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1 John 4:10

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

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