Katallasso describes reconciliation in a broken relationship, whether between spouses or between God and people.

The attested uses describe reconciliation in a relationship: most often people are reconciled to God, while one occurrence directs a separated wife toward reconciliation with her husband.

1. Reconciliation to God · dominant

   In Romans 5:10, the first-person aorist passive form occurs where those formerly described as enemies are reconciled to God. In 2 Corinthians 5:18 and 2 Corinthians 5:19, active participial forms describe God reconciling people to himself; 2 Corinthians 5:20 uses an aorist passive plural form in the appeal, “be reconciled to God.”

   Romans 5:102 Corinthians 5:182 Corinthians 5:192 Corinthians 5:20
2. Reconciliation between spouses · rare

   In 1 Corinthians 7:11, the third-person aorist passive singular form occurs after a wife’s separation, alongside the instruction that she remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband.

   1 Corinthians 7:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “reconciled,” “reconciling,” and “be reconciled” in these clauses. These renderings confirm the verses’ relational context rather than isolating every contribution of the Greek form.