What does "Atonement" mean in the Bible?

What does the Bible say about Atonement?

ATONE'MENT. Literally, at-onement, or reconciliation; theologically, the satisfaction or propitiation brought about by the death of Christ as the ground of the accord or reconciliation between God and man. The word occurs often in the Old Testament, but only once in the New (Rom 5:11, where the Greek means "reconciliation," which is the result of the atoning death of Christ). The subject itself is presented in every variety of form both in the Gospels and in the Epistles. Rom 3-8 and Heb 7-10, inclusive. The great atonement made for sin by the sacrifice of Christ constitutes the grand substantial foundation of the Christian faith. The efficacy of it is such that the sinner, though by nature the child of wrath, by faith in Christ is brought into favor with God, is delivered from condemnation, and made an heir of eternal life and glory. The Hebrew word rendered "atonement" signifies "covering," Ps 32:1, and the Greek version of this Hebrew word is translated "propitiation" in our Bible, and may denote either that our offences are covered or that we are protected from the curse, Christ being made a curse for us. Gal 3:13. Generally, wherever the term occurs, a state of controversy or estrangement is implied; and in relation to the party offended, it imports something done to propitiate. Gen 32:20; Eze 16:63. The idea of making an atonement is expressed by a word which signifies "to make propitiation;" and the apostles, in referring to the death of Christ, use those very terms which in the Septuagint version of the Old Testament are applied to legal sacrifices and their effect, thus representing the death of Christ not only as a real and proper sacrifice, but as the truth and substance of all the Levitical types and shadows — the true, efficacious, and only atonement for sin, 1 John 2:2 and 1 John 4:10; showing that Christ is not only the agent by whom the propitiation is made, but was himself the propitiatory sacrifice.

What is the Hebrew word for Atonement?

Where does Atonement appear in the Bible?

Atonement is referenced in 71 verses across 9 books. Every passage below is about this one, not just every verse the word turns up in.

• 1 Chronicles 6:49
• 2 Chronicles 29:24
• 2 Chronicles 30:18
• Daniel 9:24
• Deuteronomy 21:8
• Exodus 29:33
• Exodus 29:37
• Exodus 30:10
• Exodus 32:30
• Ezekiel 16:63
• Ezekiel 43:20
• Ezekiel 43:26
• Ezekiel 45:15
• Ezekiel 45:17
• Ezekiel 45:20
• Leviticus 1:4
• Leviticus 4:20
• Leviticus 4:26
• Leviticus 4:31
• Leviticus 4:35
• Leviticus 5:6
• Leviticus 5:10
• Leviticus 5:13
• Leviticus 5:16

What else appears in these passages?

These turn up in the same passages as Atonement.