atoning victim

(, FlJ, , xvi, 7, 1; , II Mac, l.c.): of Christ, ; as subst., (sc. , , , where the word first occurs in LXX and where = (q.v. in BDB, s.v.), elsewhere rendered simply ; cf. Deiss., 124 ff.; Westc., , in l.), .† propitiatory μνῆμα θάνατος το ἱ. ἐπίθεμα ἱ. ἐ. כַּפֹּרֶת τὸ ἱ Ant. He. Ro 3:25 Ex 25:16 17 He 9:5

an expiatory (place or thing), i.e. (concretely) an atoning victim, or (specially) the lid of the Ark (in the Temple)

mercyseat, propitiation