ἱλαστήριον
hilastḗrion
“an expiatory (place or thing), i.e. (concretely) an atoning victim, or (specially) the lid of the Ark (in the Temple)”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
an expiatory (place or thing), i.e. (concretely) an atoning victim, or (specially) the lid of the Ark (in the Temple)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
the cover of the ark of the covenant, the mercy-seat, the place of propitiation, Rom. 3:25; Heb. 9:5*
Translated in KJV as
mercyseatpropitiation
Etymology
neuter of a derivative of G2433 (ἱλάσκομαι);
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