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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 36 times in 28 verses in '1Ki' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:50

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:50 - And Adonijah was afraid of Solomon, and he arose, went, and took hold of the horns of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:51 - Then it was told to Solomon, saying, “Behold, Adonijah is afraid of King Solomon, and behold, he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let King Solomon swear to me today that he will not put his servant to death with the sword.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:53

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:53 - So King Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and prostrated himself [fn]before King Solomon, and Solomon said to him, “Go to your house.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:28 -

Now the news came to Joab, for Joab had followed Adonijah, although he had not followed Absalom. And Joab fled to the tent of Yahweh and took hold of the horns of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:29 - And it was told to King Solomon that Joab had fled to the tent of Yahweh, and behold, he is beside the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, “Go, fall upon him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:4 - And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place; Solomon offered one thousand burnt offerings on that altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:15 -

Then Solomon awoke, and behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and made peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 6:20 - Now [fn]the inner sanctuary was twenty cubits in length, twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in height, and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid the altar with cedar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:48 -

Solomon also made all the furniture which was in the house of Yahweh: the golden altar and the golden table on which was the bread of the Presence;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:22 -

Then Solomon stood before the altar of Yahweh before all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:31 -

“If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath, and he comes and takes an oath before Your altar in this house,

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Now it happened that when Solomon had [fn]finished praying this entire prayer and supplication to Yahweh, he arose from before the altar of Yahweh, from kneeling on his knees with his [fn]hands spread toward heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:64

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:64 - On the same day the king set apart as holy the middle of the court that was before the house of Yahweh, because there he [fn]offered the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat of the peace offerings; for the bronze altar that was before Yahweh was too small to hold the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat of the peace offerings.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:32 - And Jeroboam made a feast in the eighth month on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast which is in Judah, and he [fn]went up to the altar; thus he did in Bethel, to sacrifice to the calves which he had made. And he had the priests of the high places, which he had made, stand in Bethel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:33 - Then he [fn]went up to the altar which he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, even in the month which he had [fn]devised [fn]in his own heart; and he made a feast for the sons of Israel and [fn]went up to the altar to burn [fn]incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:1

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Now behold, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of Yahweh, while Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:2 - And he cried against the altar by the word of Yahweh, and said, “O altar, altar, thus says Yahweh, ‘Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah is his name; and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and human bones shall be burned on you.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:3 - Then he gave a miraculous sign the same day, saying, “This is the miraculous sign which Yahweh has spoken, ‘Behold, the altar shall be torn apart and the [fn]ashes which are on it shall be poured out.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:4 - Now it happened that when the king heard the word of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, “Seize him.” But his hand which he stretched out against him dried up, so that he could not draw it back to himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:5 - The altar also was torn apart and the [fn]ashes were poured out from the altar, according to the miraculous sign which the man of God had given by the word of Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:32 - “For the word shall surely happen which he cried by the word of Yahweh against the altar in Bethel and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 16:32 - So he erected an altar for Baal in the house of Baal which he built in Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:26 - Then they took the ox which [fn]was given them and they prepared it and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon saying, “O Baal, answer us.” But there was no voice and no one answered. And they [fn]limped about the altar which [fn]they had made.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:32 - And with the stones he built an altar in the name of Yahweh, and he made a trench around the altar, large enough to hold two [fn]seahs of seed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:33 - Then he arranged the wood and cut the ox in pieces and placed it on the wood.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:35

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:35 - And the water flowed around the altar and he also filled the trench with water.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:10 - And he said, “I have been very zealous for Yahweh, the God of hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, pulled down Your altars and killed Your prophets with the sword. And I alone am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:14 - Then he said, “I have been very zealous for Yahweh, the God of hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, pulled down Your altars and killed Your prophets with the sword. And I alone am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.”
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