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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 23 times in 21 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:23 - If therefore thou shouldest offer thy gift at the altar, and there shouldest remember that thy brother has something against thee,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:24 - leave there thy gift before the altar, and first go, be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:18 - And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it is a debtor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:19 - Fools and blind ones, for which is greater, the gift, or the altar which sanctifies the gift?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:20 - He therefore that swears by the altar swears by it and by all things that are upon it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:35 - so that all righteous blood shed upon the earth should come upon *you*, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:11 - And an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right of the altar of incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:51 - from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the house; yea, I say to you, it shall be required of this generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:3 - Lord, they have killed thy prophets, they have dug down thine altars; and *I* have been left alone, and they seek my life.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:13 - Do ye not know that they who labour at sacred things eat of the offerings offered in the temple; they that attend at the altar partake with the altar?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:18 - See Israel according to flesh: are not they who eat the sacrifices in communion with the altar?

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:13 - For he, of whom these things are said, belongs to a different tribe, of which no one has ever been attached to the service of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:10 - We have an altar of which they have no right to eat who serve the tabernacle;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:21 - Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:9 - And when it opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of them that had been slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:3 - And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and much incense was given to him, that he might give efficacy to the prayers of all saints at the golden altar which was before the throne.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:5 - And the angel took the censer, and filled it from the fire of the altar, and cast it on the earth: and there were voices, and thunders and lightnings, and an earthquake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:13 - And the sixth angel sounded his trumpet: and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:1 - And there was given to me a reed like a staff, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:18 - And another angel came out of the altar, having power over fire, and called with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Send thy sharp sickle, and gather the bunches of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:7 - And I heard the altar saying, Yea, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
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