STRONGS G2643:
													
												
									    		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.) 
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