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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 MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:23 - "If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:24

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:18 - 'Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is a obligated.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:19 - You blind fools! For which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:20 - He therefore who swears by the altar, swears by it, and by everything on it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:35 - that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the eretz, from the blood of righteous Hevel to the blood of Zekharyah son of Berekhyah, whom you killed between the sanctuary and the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:11

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:51 - from the blood of Hevel to the blood of Zekharyah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary.' Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:3 - "Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have broken down your altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life."

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:13 - Don't you know that those who serve around sacred things eat from the things of the temple, and those who wait on the altar have their portion with the altar?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:18 - Consider Yisra'el after the flesh. Don't those who eat the sacrifices have 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 another tribe, from which no one has officiated at the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:10 - We have an altar from which those who serve the holy tabernacle have no right to eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:21 - Wasn't Avraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Yitzchak his son on the altar?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:9 - When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:3 - Another angel came and stood over the altar, having a golden censer. Much incense was given to him, that he should add it to the prayers of all the holy ones on the golden altar which was before the throne.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:5 - The angel took the censer, and he filled it with the fire of the altar, and threw it on the eretz. There followed thunders, sounds, lightnings, and an earthquake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:13 - The sixth angel sounded. I heard a voice from the horns of the golden altar which is before God,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:1 - A reed like a rod was given to me. Someone said, "Rise, and measure God's temple, and the altar, and those who worship in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:18 - Another angel came out from the altar, he who has power over fire, and he called with a great voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, "Send forth your sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the eretz, for the eretz's grapes are fully ripe!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:7 - I heard the altar saying, "Yes, Lord God, Shaddai, true and righteous are your judgments."
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