Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong's Definition
to conciliate, i.e. (transitively) to atone for (sin), or (intransitively) be propitious
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
to appease, render propitious; in NT to expiate, make an atonement or expiation for, Heb. 2:17; ἱλάσθητι, be gracious, show mercy, pardon, Lk. 18:13*
Translated in KJV as
be mercifulmake reconciliation for
Etymology
middle voice from the same as G2436 (ἵλεως);
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