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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.
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 18 times in 17 verses in 'Eze' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:4 - “So your altars will become desolate, and your incense altars will be broken; and I will make your slain fall in front of your idols.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:5 - “I will also put the dead bodies of the sons of Israel in front of their idols; and I will scatter your bones all around your altars.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:6 - “In all your places of habitation, cities will become waste, and the high places will be desolate, that your altars may become waste and [fn]desolate, your idols may be broken and cease, your incense altars may be cut in pieces, and your works may be blotted out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 6:13 - “Then you will know that I am Yahweh when their slain are among their idols all around their altars, on every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, under every green tree, and under every leafy oak—the places where they [fn]offered a soothing aroma to all their idols.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:16 -

Then He brought me into the inner court of the house of Yahweh. And behold, at the entrance to the temple of Yahweh, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of Yahweh and their faces toward the east; and they were [fn]prostrating themselves eastward toward the sun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:2 - And behold, six men were coming from the direction of the upper gate which faces north, each with his shattering weapon in his hand; and among them was a certain man clothed in linen with a [fn]scribe’s case at his loins. And they went in and stood beside the bronze altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:46

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:46 - but the chamber which faces toward the north is for the priests who keep the responsibility of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, who from the sons of Levi come near to Yahweh to minister to Him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:47

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:47 - He measured the court, a perfect square, one hundred cubits long and one hundred cubits wide; and the altar was in front of the house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:22 - The altar was of wood, three cubits high and its length two cubits; its corners, its [fn]base, and its [fn]sides were of wood. And he said to me, “This is the table that is before Yahweh.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:13 -

“And these are the measurements of the altar by cubits (the cubit being a [fn]cubit and a [fn]handbreadth): the [fn]base shall be a cubit and the width a cubit, and its border on its edge round about one [fn]span; and this shall be the height of the [fn]base of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:18 -

And He said to me, “Son of man, thus says Lord Yahweh, ‘These are the statutes for the altar on the day it is made, to offer burnt offerings on it and to splash blood on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:20 - ‘You shall also take some of its blood and put it on its four horns and on the four corners of the ledge and on the border round about; thus you shall purify it and make atonement for it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:22 -

‘Now on the second day you shall bring near a male goat without blemish for a sin offering, and they shall purify the altar as they purified it with the bull.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:26 - ‘For seven days they shall make atonement for the altar and purify it; so shall they [fn]ordain it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:27 - ‘So they will complete the days. And it shall be that on the eighth day and onward, the priests shall [fn]offer on the altar your burnt offerings and your peace offerings; and I will accept you,’ declares Lord Yahweh.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:19 - “The priest shall take some of the blood from the sin offering and put it on the door posts of the house, on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the posts of the gate of the inner court.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:1 -

Then he brought me back to the door of the house; and behold, water was flowing from under the threshold of the house toward the east, for the house faced east. And the water was flowing down from under, from the right side of the house, from south of the altar.

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