Strong's Concordance
Original word: ἱλαστήριον
Transliteration: hilastérion
Definition (short): mercy-seat
Definition (full): propitiatory
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: from hilastérios; from hilaskomai
Definition: propitiatory
NASB Translation: mercy seat (1), propitiation (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Neuter of a derivative of hilaskomai; an expiatory (place or thing), i.e. (concretely) an atoning victim, or (specially) the lid of the Ark (in the Temple) -- mercyseat, propitiation.
see GREEK hilaskomai
References
KJV:
Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;
NASB:
whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed;