Word Forms
These forms come from “atonement” and change to fit the sentence.
- atonementbase form
- atonementsplural
atonement
WEB 91 appearances
KJV 82 appearances
Atonement means making things right between God and people after someone has sinned.
Biblical Usage
In the Bible, priests made sacrifices to show that sin was taken away. These gifts and offerings brought peace with God. Later, Jesus gave His life as the final sacrifice to forgive our sins.
WEB Representative Scriptures
He shall do this with the bull; as he did with the bull of the sin offering, so he shall do with this; and the priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven.Leviticus 4:20 (WEB)
Therefore he was obligated in all things to be made like his brothers, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.Hebrews 2:17 (WEB)
“This shall be an everlasting statute for you, to make atonement for the children of Israel once in the year because of all their sins.”Leviticus 16:34 (WEB)
KJV Representative Scriptures
As he hath done this day, so the LORD hath commanded to do, to make an atonement for you.Leviticus 8:34 (KJV)
And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you:Numbers 29:5 (KJV)
And not only so , but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.Romans 5:11 (KJV)