Home›Open Questions›Does the hilask- word group in the New Testament mean expiation or propitiation?Open QuestionsDoes the hilask- word group in the New Testament mean expiation or propitiation?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Does the hilask- word group in the New Testament mean expiation or propitiation?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/open-questions-index/does-the-hilask-word-group-in-the-new-testament-mean-expiation-or-propitiation.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Does the hilask- word group in the New Testament mean expiation or propitiation?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/open-questions-index/does-the-hilask-word-group-in-the-new-testament-mean-expiation-or-propitiationCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-does-the-hilask-word-group-in-the-new-te, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Does the hilask- word group in the New Testament mean expiation or propitiation?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/open-questions-index/does-the-hilask-word-group-in-the-new-testament-mean-expiation-or-propitiation}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionThe group carries two histories. In Greek outside the Bible it means placating a person; in the Septuagint it renders the Hebrew kipper, whose objects are sins, persons and holy places rather than God. C. H. Dodd argued from the second, Leon Morris from the presence of wrath in the argument of Romans, and neither case has displaced the other. English versions have chosen differently in each generation, and the choice usually follows the doctrine already held.What would resolve this A lexical study covering the whole hilask- group across the Septuagint, the Jewish Greek literature outside it and the papyri, treating the New Testament occurrences last rather than first. The question is whether the Septuagint usage displaced the ordinary Greek sense for these writers or merely sat beside it.OpenSeptuagint studies; New Testament lexicography; Hellenistic Greek philologyF. L. Cross and E. A. Livingstone (eds.), The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, 3rd revised editionCross-Tradition ConnectionsQuestion OnExpiation and Propitiation, Doctrines Well-attested Source The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, 3rd revised editionF. L. Cross and E. A. Livingstone (eds.)tier 1SourcesThe Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, 3rd revised editiontier 1F. L. Cross and E. A. Livingstone (eds.), Oxford University Press, 2005View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year