ἱλαστήριος
ἁρμονίη ἀφανὴς φανερῆς κρείττων → the hidden attunement is better than the obvious one, invisible connection is stronger than visible, harmony we can't see is stronger than harmony we can, unseen harmony is stronger than what we can see
English (LSJ)
α, ον (ος, ον PFay.337 (ii A.D.)),
A propitiatory, offered in propitiation, μνῆμα J.AJ16.7.1; θάνατος LXX 4 Ma.17.22; θυσίαι PFay. l.c. II ἱλαστήριον ἐπίθεμα, the mercy-seat, covering of the ark in the Holy of Holies, LXXEx.25.16(17): ἱλαστήριον alone as Subst., ib.Le.16.2,al., Ep.Hebr.9.5, cf. Ph.2.150. 2 (sc. ἀνάθημα) propitiatory gift or offering, Ep.Rom.3.25; of a monument, Inscr.Cos 81,347. 3 monastery, Men.Prot.p.15 D.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1251] versöhnend, Sp.; τὸ ἱλαστήριον, LXX u. N. T., der Gnadenstuhl.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἱλαστήριος: -α, -ον, ἐξιλαστικός, εἰς ἐξιλέωσιν προσφερόμενος, τινος Ἰωσήπ. Ἰουδ. Ἀρχ. 16. 7, 1· χεῖρες ἱλαστ. Νικηφ. Ἀντιοχ. Βίος Συμ. Στυλ. ἐν Actt. SS Maii τ. 5, σ. 335, 17. ΙΙ. ἱλαστήριον (ἐξυπακουομ. τοῦ ἐπίθεμα), τό, τὸ κάλυμμα τῆς κιβωτοῦ εἰς τὰ ἅγια τῶν ἁγίων, Ἑβδ. (Ἔξ. ΚΕ΄, 18, ΛΖ΄, 6 κἑξ.), Ἐπιστ. π. Ἑβρ. θ΄, 5, πρβλ. Φίλωνα 2. 150. 2) (ἐξυπακουομ. τοῦ ἀνάθημα), ἱλασμός, ἐξιλέωσις, Ἐπιστ. π. Ρωμ. γ΄ 25, Ἐκκλ.
