Original Word: καταλλαγή, ῆς, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: katallagé
Phonetic Spelling: (kat-al-lag-ay')
Short Definition: reconciliation
Definition: reconciliation, restoration to favor.

Cognate: 2643 katallagḗ – reconciliation (restoration) as the resulting of Christ exactly (precisely) exchanging His righteousness (blood) for our guilt. See 2644 (katallassō).

STRONGS NT 2643: καταλλαγή

καταλλαγή, 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 Corinthians 5:18f; with the genitive of the one received into favor, τοῦ κόσμου (opposed to ἀποβολή), Romans 11:15; καταλλαγήν ἐλάβομεν, we received the blessing of the recovered favor of God, Romans 5:11; with the genitive of him whose favor is recovered, 2 Macc. 5:20. (Cf. Trench, § lxxvii.)

atonement, reconciliation.

From katallasso; exchange (figuratively, adjustment), i.e. Restoration to (the divine) favor -- atonement, reconciliation(-ing).

see GREEK katallasso

καταλλαγη καταλλαγή καταλλαγὴ καταλλαγην καταλλαγήν καταλλαγὴν καταλλαγης καταλλαγής καταλλαγῆς katallage katallagē katallagḕ katallagen katallagēn katallagḕn katallages katallagês katallagēs katallagē̂sInterlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts