- ἐξιλάσκομαι
- ἐξιλάσκομαι (s. ἱλάσκομαι) fut. ἐξιλάσομαι; 1 aor. ἐξιλασάμην; fut. pass. 3 sg. ἐξιλασθήσεται LXX. When one endeavors to attain the goodwill of another, the word can be rendered appease (a pers. PTebt 750, 16 [II B.C.]); in this sense ἐ. is akin to θεραπεύειν as in Thu 1, 137, 3 τινὰ χρημάτων δόσει. Throughout Greek lit., deity is the most freq. obj. (as early as the oracle in Hdt. 7, 141 Δία; X., Cyr. 7, 2, 19 Ἀπόλλωνα; Menand., Fgm.754, 6 Kö. [=544, 6 p. 164 Kock] τὸν θεόν; Polyb. 3, 112, 19; Diod S 1, 59, 2 θυσίαις τὸ θεῖον; 14, 77, 4 τ. θεούς; 20, 14, 3; Strabo 4, 1, 13; Dio Chrys. 15 [32], 77; Ael. Aristid. 46, 3 K.=3 p. 30 D.; Zech 7:2; 8:22; Ezk 16:63; PsSol 3:8; TestLevi 3:5 πρὸς κύριον; JosAs 28:5; EpArist 316; Philo, Poster. Cai. 72 [after Lev 16:10]; Jos., Bell. 5, 19; SibOr 7, 30.—S. ἱλάσκομαι and ἵλεως). In 1 Cl 7:7; Hv 1, 2, 1 sin necessitates appeasement of God (cp. IG II2, 1366, 15f=SIG 1042 [II/III A.D.] ἁμαρτίαν ὀφειλέτω Μηνὶ Τυράννῳ, ἣν οὐ μὴ δύνηται ἐξειλάσασθαι [= let such a one be liable to Sovereign Men for an offense for which there is no expiation]; s. also Just., A I, 50, 2 τοῖς ἀνόμοις ἐξιλάσεται [for Is 53:12]).—TW.
Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά παλαιοχριστιανική Λογοτεχνία. 2015.