Word study

Reconcile

1 Hebrew and 6 Greek words behind this English word

The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: reconciled, reconcile, reconciling. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.

At a glance

How often each original word is translated “reconcile” or one of its forms.

Compare the Greek words side by side

Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)

Greek words (New Testament)

  • καταλλάσσω katallássōI reconciletranslated this way 6 times of its 6 uses · Strong’s G2644Verb  ·  Translated: reconciled 5, reconciling 1

    Romans 5:10 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!

    1 Corinthians 7:11 But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife.

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  • ἀποκαταλλάσσω apokatallássōI reconciletranslated this way 3 times of its 3 uses · Strong’s G604Verb  ·  Translated: reconciling 1, reconcile 1, reconciled 1

    Ephesians 2:16 and reconciling both of them to God in one body through the cross, by which He put to death their hostility.

    Colossians 1:20 and through Him to reconcile to Himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through the blood of His cross.

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  • εὐνοέω eunoéōI have good-willtranslated this way 1 time of its 1 use · Strong’s G2132Verb  ·  Translated: Reconcile 1

    Matthew 5:25 Reconcile quickly with your adversary, while you are still on the way to court. Otherwise, he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.

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  • ἀπαλλάσσω apallássōI free fromtranslated this way 1 time of its 2 uses · Strong’s G525Verb  ·  Translated: reconcile 1, free 1

    Luke 12:58 Make every effort to reconcile with your adversary while you are on your way to the magistrate. Otherwise, he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and the officer may throw you into prison.

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  • συνελαύνω synelaúnōI compel, urgetranslated this way 1 time of its 1 use · Strong’s G4900Verb  ·  Translated: tried to reconcile 1

    Acts 7:26 The next day he came upon two Israelites who were fighting, and he tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other?’

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  • διαλλάσσω diallássōI become reconciled to, reconcile myself withtranslated this way 1 time of its 1 use · Strong’s G1259Verb  ·  Translated: reconciled 1

    Matthew 5:24 leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.

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  1. Start from the verse, not the dictionary. Find which Hebrew or Greek word stands in the verse you are studying. One English word often translates several different original words.
  2. Read every place the word is used. A word means what its writers used it to mean. The list of verses and the count by book show its range, and who uses it most.
  3. Look at how it is translated. A word rendered five different ways has a wider meaning than any one English word can carry.
  4. Notice the form. A command is not a statement, and a passive verb is something done to the subject. The form in your verse is part of the meaning.
  5. See what it keeps company with. The words that appear beside it again and again show how the Bible itself connects ideas.
  6. Then read the dictionaries. They give the considered view of scholars, with their evidence.
  7. Come back to the verse. Context decides. A word does not carry every one of its meanings into every verse, and where a word came from does not settle what it means in a sentence written centuries later.

Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.