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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 23 times in 21 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:23 - “Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:24 - leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:18 - You also say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but anyone who swears by the gift on the altar is bound by that oath.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:19 - You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes the gift sacred?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:20 - Therefore, anyone 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 - And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:11 - Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at 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 Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, this generation will be held responsible for it all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:3 - “Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars; I am the only one left, and they are trying to kill me”[fn]?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:13 - Don’t you know that those who serve in the temple get their food from the temple, and that those who serve at the altar share in what is offered on the altar?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:18 - Consider the people of Israel: Do not those who eat the sacrifices participate in the altar?

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:13 - He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, and no one from that tribe has ever served 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 minister at the tabernacle have no right to eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:21 - Was not our father Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:9 - When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God and the testimony they had maintained.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:3 - Another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, with the prayers of all God’s people, on the golden altar in front of the throne.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:5 - Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it on the earth; and there came peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning and an earthquake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 9:13

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:1 - I was given a reed like a measuring rod and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, with its worshipers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:18 - Still another angel, who had charge of the fire, came from the altar and called in a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, “Take your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the earth’s vine, because its grapes are ripe.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:7 - And I heard the altar respond: “Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and just are your judgments.”
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