ἱλάσκομαι

ἱλάσκομαι

(ἵλαος = ἵλεως) [in LXX (cf. Westc., Epp. Jo., 85 f.) for סָלַח, 4Ki 5,18 24:4, Sl 25,11, Klg 3,42, Da TH Dan 9,19 כָּפַר pi., Sl 65,3; 78,38; 79,9; נָחַם ni., 2 Mos 32,14, Est 4,17 * ;]

1. in cl., with accusative of person(s), to conciliate, appease, propitiate (= ἐξιλάσκομαι, 1 Mos 32,20, Ord 16,14, Mal 1,9, al.).

2. In LXX (Thackeray, Gr., 270, 1.), Inscr. (Deiss., BS, 224 f.), and NT, to be propitious, merciful (with dative of thing(s), Sl 79,9, al.): with dative of person(s) (4Ki 5,18), Luk 18,13.

3. As in Philo (= ἐξιλάσκ-, in LXX: Ezk 43,22, al.), to expiate, make propitiation for: τ. ἁμαρτίας, Hebr 2,17 (Cremer, 301 ff., 735).†