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καταλλαγή

katallagḗ · G2643 · Greek · 4 occurrences

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Meanings

  1. to reconcile, to make things right with one another, reconciliation

    To reestablish proper friendly interpersonal relations after these have been disrupted or broken (the componential features of this series of meanings involve (1) disruption of friendly relations because of (2) presumed or real provocation (3) overt behavior designed to remove hostility, and (4) restoration of original friendly relations)

    Examples

    Romans 5:11 And not only this, but we also celebrate in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.

    Romans 11:15 For if their rejection proves to be the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?

    2 Corinthians 5:18 Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation,

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

2 occurrences in 2 groups

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Semantic domains 1 entry
To reconcile, to make things right with one another, reconciliation40.1
In Romans 5:11, Paul writes, “we also celebrate in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation,” using this word for the state or result of being reconciled.
Word family 20 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ἄλλος állos · G243 · different, differently, other than · 154×ἀλλά allá · G235 · but, instead, on the contrary · 638×ἀλλήλων allḗlōn · G240 · each other, one another · 100×ἀλλότριος allótrios · G245 · belonging to another, belonging to someone else, stranger · 14×ἀλλάσσω allássō · G236 · to change, to alter, to make different · 6×καταλλάσσω katallássō · G2644 · to reconcile, to make things right with one another, reconciliation · 6×καταλλαγήkatallagḗ · G2643ἀπαλλάσσω apallássō · G525 · to release, to set free, to settle with · 3×ἀπαλλοτριόω apallotrióō · G526 · to be a stranger, to be a foreigner · 3×ἀποκαταλλάσσω apokatallássō · G604 · to reconcile, to make things right with one another, reconciliation · 3×ἀλλαχόθεν allachóthen · G237 · from elsewhere, from some other way · 2×ἀντάλλαγμα antállagma · G465 · something given in exchange · 2×μεταλλάσσω metallássō · G3337 · to exchange, to substitute, to cease and to start · 2×ἀλληγορέω allēgoréō · G238 · to speak allegorically, to employ an analogy, to use a likeness · 1×ἀλλογενής allogenḗs · G241 · foreigner · 1×ἀλλοτριεπίσκοπος allotriepískopos · G244 · busybody, meddler · 1×ἀλλόφυλος allóphylos · G246 · foreigner, heathen, pagan · 1×ἄλλως állōs · G247 · different, differently, other than · 1×διαλλάσσω diallássō · G1259 · to be reconciled, to make peace with · 1×παραλλαγή parallagḗ · G3883 · change · 1×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon καταλλαγῆς, ἡ (καταλλάσσω, which see); 1. exchange; of the business of money-changers,…
καταλλαγῆς, ἡ (καταλλάσσω, which see);
1. exchange; of the business of money-changers, exchanging equivalent values ((Aristotle, others)). Hence,
2. adjustment of a difference, reconciliation, restoration to favor, (from Aeschylus on); in the N. T., of the restoration of the favor of God to sinners that repent and put their trust in the expiatory death of Christ: 2 Cor 5:18f; with the genitive of the one received into favor, τοῦ κόσμου (opposed to ἀποβολή), Rom 11:15; καταλλαγήν ἐλάβομεν, we received the blessing of the recovered favor of God, Rom 5:11; with the genitive of him whose favor is recovered, 2 Macc. 5:20. (Cf. Trench, § lxxvii.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Reconciliation4 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

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