καταλλάσσω
katallassō
“to reconcile”
Definition
to change mutually, i.e. (figuratively) to compound a difference
from G2596 (κατά) and G236 (ἀλλάσσω);
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Occurrences
καταλλάσσω appears 5 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.
All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation:
that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.
For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!
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