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Strong G2644καταλλάσσω

to reconcile

Transliteration
katallassō
Pronunciation
kat-al-las'-so
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G2596 and G236; to change mutually that is (figuratively) to compound a difference: - reconcile.

Detailed definition

κατ-αλλάσσω
(Att.. -ττω; cf. ἀλλάσσω) [in LXX: Jer.48:39 (חָתַת), 2Ma.1:5 2Mac 7:33 2Mac 8:29 *;]
prop., to change, exchange (esp. of money); hence, of persons, to change from emnity to friendship, to reconcile (for exx. in cl., see Thayer„ LS): of the reconciliation of man to God (Lft., Notes, 288; ICC on Ro, l.with; DCG, ii, 474, 797), 2Co.5:18-19; pass Rom.5:10, 2Co.5:20; of a woman returning to her husband, 1Co.7:11 (cf. ἀπο-καταλλάσσω).†
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In the Bible

Strong G2644 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • reconcile5

First verses

  1. Romans 5:10
    For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.
  2. 1 Corinthians 7:11
    But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife.
  3. 2 Corinthians 5:18
    And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;
  4. 2 Corinthians 5:19
    To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
  5. 2 Corinthians 5:20
    Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
καταλλ-άσσω,
Attic dialect καταλλάττω, change money, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Aratus” 18, etc.)] (also in middle, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.114)]:—passive, Matreas cited in [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 1.19b)], with a play on signification [Refs (11))]; change or give away, τὴν Χάριν τῶν νόμων for the laws, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Dinarchus Orator 3.21 (assuming variant))]; καταλλάσσειν τὸν βίον to leave life, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 5.2.)]
b absolutely, transgress, contravene regulations, [Refs (“IG” 5(2).3.2 (from Tegea).)]
2 middle, exchange one thing for another, ἡδονὰς πρὸς ἡδονάς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 69a)]; ἀντί τινος πάντα [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. passage],compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Vit.Herc.” 1457.10; βίον πρὸς μικρὰ κέρδη 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1117b20; τι ἐπ᾽ ἀργυρίῳ 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 2.13.6)]: absolutely, exchange prisoners, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus “fragment” 57.36.)]
II change a person from enmity to friendship, reconcile, σφέας [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.29, compare 95, 6.108; κ. τινὰς πρὸς ἀλλήλους 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Oeconomica” 1348b9; θεὸς κόσμον κ. ἑαυτῷ NT.2Cor.5.19:—)]middle, καταλλάσσεσθαι τὴν ἔχθρην τινί to make up one's enmity with any one, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.61, compare 7.145:)] —passive, especially in aorist κατηλλάχθην or κατηλλάγην (former preferred by Trag., latter in Prose), to become reconciled, τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1157, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.6.1, etc.; πρὸς ἀλλήλους 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.59)]; θεοῖσιν ὡς καταλλαχθῇ Χόλου that he may be reconciled to them after his anger, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 744; κ. πρός τινα ἐκ διαφορᾶς 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 2.21.)]
II.2 passive, of an offence, to be atoned for, φόνον ἐπιγαμίαις μὴ καταλλάσσεσθαι μηδὲ Χρήμασιν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“OGI” 218.105 (Ilium, 3rd c.BC).)]