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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)
Dictionary Aids

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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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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Then Noah built an altar to Yahweh and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:7 - Then Yahweh appeared to Abram and said, “To your seed I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to Yahweh who had appeared to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:8 - Then he proceeded from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and he pitched his tent with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to Yahweh and called upon the name of Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:4 - to the place of the altar which he had made there formerly; and there Abram called upon the name of Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:18 - Then Abram moved his tent and came and lived by the [fn]oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and there he built an altar to Yahweh.

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Then they came to the place of which God had told him; and Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood and bound his son Isaac and put him on the altar, on top of the wood.

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So he built an altar there and called upon the name of Yahweh and pitched his tent there; and there Isaac’s servants dug out a well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:20 - Then he set up there an altar and called it [fn]El-Elohe-Israel.

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Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel and [fn]live there, and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled [fn]from your brother Esau.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:3 - and let us arise and go up to Bethel, and I will make an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me [fn]wherever I have gone.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:7 - And he built an altar there and called the place [fn]El-bethel, because there God had revealed Himself to him when he fled [fn]from his brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:15 - And Moses built an altar and named it Yahweh is My Banner;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:24 - ‘You shall make an altar of earth for Me, and you shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen; in every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:25 - ‘And if you make an altar of stone for Me, you shall not build it of cut stones, for if you wield your tool on it, you will profane it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:26 - ‘And you shall not go up by steps to My altar, so that your nakedness will not be exposed on it.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:14 - “If, however, a man acts presumptuously toward his neighbor, so as to kill him by deceit, you shall take him even from My altar, that he may die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:4 - And Moses wrote down all the words of Yahweh. Then he arose early in the morning and built an altar [fn]at the foot of the mountain with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:6 - And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and the other half of the blood he [fn]sprinkled on the altar.

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“And you shall make the altar of acacia wood, five [fn]cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:3 - “You shall make its pots for removing its ashes, and its shovels and its bowls and its flesh hooks and its firepans; you shall make all its utensils of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:5 - “You shall put it beneath, under the ledge of the altar, so that the net will reach halfway down the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:6 - “You shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:7 - “Its poles shall be inserted into the rings, so that the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar when it is carried.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:43 - “They shall be on Aaron and on his sons when they come into the tent of meeting or when they approach the altar to minister in the holy place, so that they do not incur [fn]guilt and die. It shall be a perpetual statute to him and to his seed after him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:12 - “You shall take some of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger; and you shall pour out all the blood at the base of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:13 - “You shall take all the fat that covers the entrails and the [fn]lobe of the liver and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, and you shall offer them up in smoke on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:16 - and you shall slaughter the ram, and you shall take its blood and splash it around on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:18 - “You shall offer up in smoke the whole ram on the altar; it is a burnt offering to Yahweh: it is a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:21 - “Then you shall take some of the blood that is on the altar and some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and on his garments and on his sons and on his sons’ garments with him; so he and his garments shall be set apart as holy, as well as his sons and his sons’ garments with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:25 - “You shall take them from their hands and offer them up in smoke on the altar on the burnt offering for a soothing aroma before Yahweh; it is an offering by fire to Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:36 - “Each day you shall offer a bull as a sin offering for atonement, and you shall [fn]purify the altar when you make atonement [fn]for it, and you shall anoint it to set it apart as holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:37 - “For seven days you shall make atonement [fn]for the altar and set it apart as holy; then the altar shall be most holy, and whatever touches the altar shall be holy.

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“Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: two one year old lambs each day, continuously.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:44 - “I will set the tent of meeting and the altar apart as holy; I will also set Aaron and his sons apart as holy to minister as priests to Me.

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“Moreover, you shall make an altar as a place for burning incense; you shall make it of acacia wood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:18 - “You shall also make a laver of [fn]bronze, with its stand of bronze, for washing; and you shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:20 - when they come into the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, so that they will not die; or when they approach the altar to minister, by offering up in smoke a fire sacrifice to Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:27 - and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:28 - and the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the laver and its stand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:8 - the table also and its [fn]utensils, and the pure gold lampstand with all its [fn]utensils, and the altar of incense,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:5 - And Aaron looked and built an altar before it; and Aaron made a proclamation and said, “Tomorrow shall be a feast to Yahweh.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:16 - the altar of burnt offering with its [fn]bronze grating, its poles, and all its [fn]utensils, the laver and its stand;

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Then he made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood, five [fn]cubits [fn]long, and five cubits [fn]wide, square, and three cubits [fn]high.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:3 - He made all the utensils of the altar, the pots and the shovels and the bowls, the flesh hooks and the firepans; he made all its utensils of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:4 - He made for the altar a grating of a network of bronze beneath, under its ledge, reaching halfway down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:31 - and the bases of the court all around and the bases of the gate of the court, and all the pegs of the [fn]tabernacle and all the pegs of the court all around.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:38 - and the gold altar, and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and the veil for the doorway of the tent;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:5 - “Moreover, you shall set the gold altar of incense before the ark of the testimony and set up the veil for the doorway to the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:6 - “You shall set the altar of burnt offering in front of the doorway of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:10 - “You shall anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and set the altar apart as holy, and the altar shall be most holy.

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