Greek word study

ἱλαστήριονhilastḗrion — a sin offering, covering

(a) a sin offering, by which the wrath of the deity shall be appeased; a means of propitiation, (b) the covering of the ark, which was sprinkled with the atoning blood on the Day of Atonement.

Translated in the King James as: mercyseat, propitiation

Appears 2 times in Scripture

Origin: neuter of a derivative of G2433 (ἱλάσκομαι);

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