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2433 - hilaskomai

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Strong's Concordance

Original word: ἱλάσκομαι
Transliteration: hilaskomai
Definition (short): propitiation
Definition (full): to be propitious, make propitiation for

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from the same as hileós
Definition: to be propitious, make propitiation for
NASB Translation: make propitiation (1), merciful (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Middle voice from the same as hileos; to conciliate, i.e. (transitively) to atone for (sin), or (intransitively) be propitious -- be merciful, make reconciliation for.

see GREEK hileos

References

Strong's 2433: 2 Occurrences
KJV: And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
NASB: "But the tax collector, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, the sinner!'
KJV: Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
NASB: Therefore, He had to be made like His brethren in all things, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.