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Lexicon :: Strong's G2379 - thysiastērion

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θυσιαστήριον
Transliteration
thysiastērion (Key)
Pronunciation
thoo-see-as-tay'-ree-on
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Part of Speech
neuter noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From a derivative of θυσία (G2378)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:180,342

Trench's Synonyms: xcvii. βωμός, θυσιαστήριον.

Strong’s Definitions

θυσιαστήριον thysiastḗrion, thoo-see-as-tay'-ree-on; from a derivative of G2378; a place of sacrifice, i.e. an altar (special or genitive case, literal or figurative):—altar.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's G2379 in the following manner: altar (23x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's G2379 in the following manner: altar (23x).

  1. the altar for slaying and burning of victims used of

    1. the altar of whole burnt offerings which stood in the court of the priests in the temple at Jerusalem

    2. the altar of incense which stood in the sanctuary or the Holy Place

    3. any other altar

      1. metaph., the cross on which Christ suffered an expiatory death: to eat of this altar i.e. to appropriate to one's self the fruits of Christ's expiatory death

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
θυσιαστήριον thysiastḗrion, thoo-see-as-tay'-ree-on; from a derivative of G2378; a place of sacrifice, i.e. an altar (special or genitive case, literal or figurative):—altar.
STRONGS G2379:
θυσιαστήριον, -ου, τό, (neuter of the adjective θυσιαστήριος [cf. Winer's Grammar, 96 (91)], and this from θυσιάζω to sacrifice), a word found only in Philo [e. g. vita Moys. 3 § 10, cf. § 7; Josephus, Antiquities 8, 4, 1] and the Biblical and ecclesiastical writings; Sept. times without number for מִזְבֵּחַ; properly, an altar for the slaying and burning of victims; used of:
1. the altar of whole burnt-offerings which stood in the court of the priests in the temple at Jerusalem [B. D. under the word Altar]: Matthew 5:23; Matthew 23:18-20, 35; Luke 11:51; 1 Corinthians 9:13; 1 Corinthians 10:18; Hebrews 7:13; Revelation 11:1.
2. the altar of incense, which stood in the sanctuary or Holy place [B. D. as above]: τὸ θυσιαστ. τοῦ θυμιάματος, Luke 1:11 (Exodus 30:1); [symbolically] in Heaven: Revelation 6:9; Revelation 8:3, 5; Revelation 9:13; Revelation 14:18; Revelation 16:7.
3. any other altar, James 2:21; plural Romans 11:3; metaphorically, the cross on which Christ suffered an expiatory death: to eat of this altar i. e. to appropriate to oneself the fruits of Christ's expiatory death, Hebrews 13:10.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Exodus
30:1
Matthew
5:23; 23:18; 23:19; 23:20; 23:35
Luke
1:11; 11:51
Romans
11:3
1 Corinthians
9:13; 10:18
Hebrews
7:13; 13:10
James
2:21
Revelation
6:9; 8:3; 8:5; 9:13; 11:1; 14:18; 16:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2379 matches the Greek θυσιαστήριον (thysiastērion),
which occurs 377 times in 312 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 7 (Gen 8:20–Exo 40:10)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:20 - And Noe built an altar to the Lord, and took of all clean beasts, and of all clean birds, and offered a whole burnt-offering upon the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:7 - And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him, I will give this land to thy seed. And Abram built an altar there to the Lord, who appeared to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:8 - And he departed thence to the mountain eastward of Bæthel, and there he pitched his tent in Bæthel near the sea, and Aggai toward the east, and there he built an altar to the Lord, and called on the name of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:4 - to the place of the altar, [fn]which he built there at first, and Abram there called on the name of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:18 - And Abram having [fn]removed his tent, came and dwelt by the oak of Mambre, which was in Chebrom, and he there built an altar to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:9 - came to the place which God spoke of to him; and there Abraam built the altar, and laid the wood on it, and having bound the feet of Isaac his son together, he laid him on the altar upon the wood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:25 - And he built there an altar, and called on the name of the Lord, and there he pitched his tent, and there the servants of Isaac dug a well in the valley of Gerara.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:20 - And he set up there an altar, and called on the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:1 - And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to the place, Bæthel, and dwell there; and make there an altar to the God that appeared to thee, when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:3 - And let us rise and go up to Bæthel, and let us there make an altar to God who hearkened to me in the day of calamity, who was with me, and preserved me throughout in the journey, by which I went.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:7 - And he built there an altar, and called the name of the place Bæthel; for there God appeared to him, when he fled from the face of his brother Esau.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:15 - And Moses built an altar to the Lord, and called the name of it, The Lord my Refuge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:24 - Ye shall make to me an altar of earth; and upon it ye shall sacrifice your whole burnt-offerings, and your peace-offerings, and your sheep and your calves in every place, where I shall record my name; and I will come to thee and bless thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:25 - And if thou wilt make to me an altar of stones, thou shalt not build them hewn stones; for thou hast lifted up thy tool upon them, and they are defiled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:26 - Thou shalt not go up to my altar by steps, that thou mayest not uncover thy nakedness upon it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:14 - And if any one lie in wait for his neighbour to slay him by craft, and he go for refuge, thou shalt take him from my altar to put him to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:4 - And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the mountain, and set up twelve stones for the twelve tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:6 - And Moses took half the blood and poured it into bowls, and half the blood he poured out upon the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:1 - And thou shalt make an altar of incorruptible wood, of five cubits in the length, and five cubits in the breadth; the altar shall be square, and the height of it shall be of three cubits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:3 - And thou shalt make a rim for the altar; and its covering and its cups, and its flesh-hooks, and its fire-pan, and all its vessels shalt thou make of brass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:5 - And thou shalt put them below under the grate of the altar, and the grate shall extend to the middle of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:6 - And thou shalt make for the altar staves of incorruptible wood, and thou shalt overlay them with brass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:7 - And thou shalt put the staves into the rings; and let the staves be on the sides of the altar to carry it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:43

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:43 - And Aaron shall have them, and his sons, whenever they enter into the tabernacle of witness, or when they shall advance to the altar of the sanctuary to minister, so they shall not bring sin upon themselves, lest they die: it is a perpetual statute for him, and for his seed after him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:12 - And thou shalt take of the blood of the calf, and put it on the horns of the altar with thy finger, but all the rest of the blood thou shalt pour out at the foot of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:13 - And thou shalt take all the fat that is on the belly, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and shalt put them upon the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:16 - And thou shalt kill it, and take the blood and pour it on the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:18 - And thou shalt offer the whole ram on the altar, a whole burnt-offering to the Lord for a sweet-smelling savour: it is an offering of incense to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:21 - And thou shalt take of the blood from the altar, and of the anointing oil; and thou shalt sprinkle it upon Aaron and on his garments, and on his sons and on his sons' garments with him; and he shall be sanctified and his apparel, and his sons and his sons' apparel with him: but the blood of the ram thou shalt pour round about upon the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:25 - And thou shalt take them from their hands, and shalt offer them up on the altar of whole burnt-offering for a sweet-smelling savour before the Lord: it is an offering to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:36 - And thou shalt sacrifice the calf of the sin-offering on the day of purification, and thou shalt purify the altar when thou dost [fn]perform consecration upon it, and thou shalt anoint it so as to sanctify it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:37 - Seven days shalt thou purify the altar and sanctify it; and the altar shall be most holy, every one that touches the altar shall be hallowed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:38 - And these are the offerings which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two unblemished lambs of a year old daily on the altar continually, a constant offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:44

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:44 - And I will sanctify the tabernacle of testimony and the altar, and I will sanctify Aaron and his sons, to minister as priests to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:1 - And thou shalt make the altar of incense of incorruptible wood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:18 - Make a brazen laver, and a brazen base for it, [fn]for washing; and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of witness and the altar, and thou shalt pour forth water into it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:20 - Whensoever they shall go into the tabernacle of witness, they shall wash themselves with water, so they shall not die, whensoever they advance to the altar to do service and to offer the whole burnt-offerings to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:27 - and all its furniture, and the candlestick and all its furniture, and the altar of incense,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:28 - and the altar of whole burnt-offerings and all its furniture, and the table and all its furniture, and the laver.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:8 - and the altars, and the table and all its furniture,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:5 - And Aaron having seen it built an altar before it, and Aaron made proclamation saying, To-morrow is a feast of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:16 - and the altar and all its furniture;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:1 - (LXX 38:22) He made the brazen altar of the brazen censers, which belonged to the men engaged in sedition with the gathering of Core.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:3 - (LXX 38:23) He made all the vessels of the altar and its [fn]grate, and its base, and its bowls, and the brazen flesh-hooks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:4 - (LXX 38:24) He made an appendage for the altar of network under the grate, beneath it as far as the middle of it; and he fastened to it four brazen rings on the four parts of the appendage of the altar, wide enough for the bars, so as to bear the altar with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:31 - (LXX 39:8) and they made of it the bases of the door of the tabernacle of witness, (39:9) and the bases of the court round about, and the bases of the gate of the court, and the pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court round about;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:38 - (LXX 39:15) and the ark of the covenant, and its bearers, and the altar and all its furniture.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:5 - And thou shalt place the golden altar, to burn incense before the ark; and thou shalt put a covering of a veil on the door of the tabernacle of witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:6 - And thou shalt put the altar of burnt-offerings by the doors of the tabernacle of witness,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:10 - And thou shalt anoint the altar of burnt-offerings, and all its furniture; and thou shalt hallow the altar, and the altar shall be most holy.

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