3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Propitiation  \Pro*pi`ti*a"tion\,  n.  [L.  propitiatio:  cf  F. 
  propitiation.] 
  1.  The  act  of  appeasing  the  wrath  and  conciliating  the  favor 
  of  an  offended  person;  the  act  of  making  propitious. 
 
  2.  (Theol.)  That  which  propitiates;  atonement  or  atoning 
  sacrifice;  specifically,  the  influence  or  effects  of  the 
  death  of  Christ  in  appeasing  the  divine  justice,  and 
  conciliating  the  divine  favor. 
 
  He  [Jesus  Christ]  is  the  propitiation  for  our  sins. 
  --1  John  ii 
  2. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  propitiation 
  n  1:  the  act  of  placating  [syn:  {placation},  {conciliation}] 
  2:  the  act  of  atoning  for  sin  or  wrongdoing  [syn:  {expiation}, 
  {atonement}] 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Propitiation 
  that  by  which  God  is  rendered  propitious,  i.e.,  by  which  it 
  becomes  consistent  with  his  character  and  government  to  pardon 
  and  bless  the  sinner.  The  propitiation  does  not  procure  his  love 
  or  make  him  loving;  it  only  renders  it  consistent  for  him  to 
  execise  his  love  towards  sinners. 
 
  In  Rom.  3:25  and  Heb.  9:5  (A.V.,  "mercy-seat")  the  Greek  word 
  _hilasterion_  is  used  It  is  the  word  employed  by  the  LXX. 
  translators  in  Ex  25:17  and  elsewhere  as  the  equivalent  for  the 
  Hebrew  _kapporeth_,  which  means  "covering,"  and  is  used  of  the 
  lid  of  the  ark  of  the  covenant  (Ex.  25:21;  30:6).  This  Greek 
  word  hilasterion  came  to  denote  not  only  the  mercy-seat  or  lid 
  of  the  ark,  but  also  propitation  or  reconciliation  by  blood.  On 
  the  great  day  of  atonement  the  high  priest  carried  the  blood  of 
  the  sacrifice  he  offered  for  all  the  people  within  the  veil  and 
  sprinkled  with  it  the  "mercy-seat,"  and  so  made  propitiation. 
 
  In  1  John  2:2;  4:10,  Christ  is  called  the  "propitiation  for 
  our  sins."  Here  a  different  Greek  word  is  used  (hilasmos). 
  Christ  is  "the  propitiation,"  because  by  his  becoming  our 
  substitute  and  assuming  our  obligations  he  expiated  our  guilt, 
  covered  it  by  the  vicarious  punishment  which  he  endured.  (Comp. 
  Heb.  2:17,  where  the  expression  "make  reconciliation"  of  the 
  A.V.  is  more  correctly  in  the  R.V.  "make  propitiation.") 
 

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