atone for (sin)

in cl., c. acc. pers., , , (= , , , , al.). to conciliate appease propitiate ἐξιλάσκομαι Ge 32:20 Pr 16:14 Ma 1:9 In LXX (Thackeray, , 270, f.), Inscr. (Deiss., , 224 f.), and NT, , (c. dat. rei, , al.): c. dat. pers. (), . Gr. BS to be propitious merciful Ps 78(79):9 IV Ki 5:18 Lk 18:13 As in Philo (= , in LXX: , al.), , : , (Cremer, 301 ff., 735).† ἐξιλάσκ- τ. ἁμαρτίας Ez 43:22 He 2:17 to expiate make propitiation for

to conciliate, i.e. (transitively) to atone for (sin), or (intransitively) be propitious

be merciful, make reconciliation for