Strong's Lexicon

G604

G604 — ἀποκαταλλάσσω

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekapokatallassoverbOccurrences: 3

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G604
Word:ἀποκαταλλάσσω
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:from G575 and G2644
Language:Greek
Occurrences:3
Transliteration:apokatallasso
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:ap-ok-at-al-las'-so
Meaning:1. to reconcile fully
KJV Renderings:reconcile

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἀποκαταλλάσσω or ἀποκαταλλάττω: 1 aorist ἀποκατηλλαξα; 2 aorist passive ἀποκατηλλαγητε (Colossians 1:22-21L Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading); to reconcile completely (ἀπό) (others, to reconcile back again, bring back to a former state of harmony; Ellicott on Eph 2:16; Lightfoot or Bleek on Col 1:20; Winers De verb. comp. etc. Part iv., p. 7f; yet see Meyer on Ephesians, the passage cited; Fritzsche on Romans, vol. i., p. 278; (see ἀπό V.)) (cf. καταλλάσσω): Col 1:22 (21) (cf. Lightfoot at the passage); τινα τίνι, Eph 2:16; concisely, πάντα εἰς αὑτόν (better αὐτόν with editions; cf. Buttmann, p. 111 (97) and under the word αὑτοῦ), to draw to himself by reconciliation, or so to reconcile that they should be devoted to himself, Col 1:20 (Winer’s Grammar, 212 (200) but cf. § 49, a. c. d.). (Found neither in secular authors nor in the Greek O. T.)

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

ἀποκαταλλάσσω (reconcile)

Ephesians 2:16

KJV: And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross having slain the enmity thereby
GK: και αποκαταλλάξη τους αμφοτέρους εν ενί σώματι τω θεώ διά του σταυρού αποκτείνας την έχθραν εν αυτώ

Colossians 1:20

KJV: And having made peace through the blood of his cross by him to reconcile all things unto himself by him whether things in earth or things in heaven
GK: και δι΄ αυτού αποκαταλλάξαι τα πάντα εις αυτόν ειρηνοποιήσας διά του αίματος του σταυρού αυτού δι΄ αυτού είτε τα επί της γης είτε τα εν τοις ουρανοίς

Colossians 1:21

KJV: And you that were sometime alienated and enemies in mind by wicked works yet now hath he reconciled
GK: και υμάς ποτέ όντας απηλλοτριωμένους και εχθρούς τη διανοία εν τοις έργοις τοις πονηροίς νυνί δε αποκατήλλαξεν
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