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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.
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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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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:20 - Then Noah built an altar to the LORD, and there he sacrificed as burnt offerings the animals and birds that had been approved for that purpose.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:7 - Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your descendants.[fn]” And Abram built an altar there and dedicated it to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:8 - After that, Abram traveled south and set up camp in the hill country, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built another altar and dedicated it to the LORD, and he worshiped the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:4 - This was the same place where Abram had built the altar, and there he worshiped the LORD again.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:18 - So Abram moved his camp to Hebron and settled near the oak grove belonging to Mamre. There he built another altar to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:9 - When they arrived at the place where God had told him to go, Abraham built an altar and arranged the wood on it. Then he tied his son, Isaac, and laid him on the altar on top of the wood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:25 - Then Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the LORD. He set up his camp at that place, and his servants dug another well.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:20 - And there he built an altar and named it El-Elohe-Israel.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:1 - Then God said to Jacob, “Get ready and move to Bethel and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother, Esau.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:3 - We are now going to Bethel, where I will build an altar to the God who answered my prayers when I was in distress. He has been with me wherever I have gone.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:7 - Jacob built an altar there and named the place El-bethel (which means “God of Bethel”), because God had appeared to him there when he was fleeing from his brother, Esau.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:15 - Moses built an altar there and named it Yahweh-Nissi (which means “the LORD is my banner”).

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:24 - “Build for me an altar made of earth, and offer your sacrifices to me—your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats, and your cattle. Build my altar wherever I cause my name to be remembered, and I will come to you and bless you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:25 - If you use stones to build my altar, use only natural, uncut stones. Do not shape the stones with a tool, for that would make the altar unfit for holy use.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:26 - And do not approach my altar by going up steps. If you do, someone might look up under your clothing and see your nakedness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:14 - However, if someone deliberately kills another person, then the slayer must be dragged even from my altar and be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:4 - Then Moses carefully wrote down all the LORD’s instructions. Early the next morning Moses got up and built an altar at the foot of the mountain. He also set up twelve pillars, one for each of the twelve tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:6 - Moses drained half the blood from these animals into basins. The other half he splattered against the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:1 - “Using acacia wood, construct a square altar 7½ feet wide, 7½ feet long, and 4½ feet high.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:3 - Make ash buckets, shovels, basins, meat forks, and firepans, all of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:5 - Install the grating halfway down the side of the altar, under the ledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:6 - For carrying the altar, make poles from acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:7 - Insert the poles through the rings on the two sides of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:43

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:43 - These must be worn whenever Aaron and his sons enter the Tabernacle[fn] or approach the altar in the Holy Place to perform their priestly duties. Then they will not incur guilt and die. This is a permanent law for Aaron and all his descendants after him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:12 - Put some of its blood on the horns of the altar with your finger, and pour out the rest at the base of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:13 - Take all the fat around the internal organs, the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat around them, and burn it all on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:16 - Then slaughter the ram, and splatter its blood against all sides of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:18 - then burn the entire animal on the altar. This is a burnt offering to the LORD; it is a pleasing aroma, a special gift presented to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:21 - Then take some of the blood from the altar and some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and his sons and on their garments. In this way, they and their garments will be set apart as holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:25 - Afterward take the various breads from their hands, and burn them on the altar along with the burnt offering. It is a pleasing aroma to the LORD, a special gift for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:36 - Each day you must sacrifice a young bull as a sin offering to purify them, making them right with the LORD.[fn] Afterward, cleanse the altar by purifying it[fn]; make it holy by anointing it with oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:37 - Purify the altar, and consecrate it every day for seven days. After that, the altar will be absolutely holy, and whatever touches it will become holy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:38 - “These are the sacrifices you are to offer regularly on the altar. Each day, offer two lambs that are a year old,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:44

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:44 - Yes, I will consecrate the Tabernacle and the altar, and I will consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve me as priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:1 - “Then make another altar of acacia wood for burning incense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:18 - “Make a bronze washbasin with a bronze stand. Place it between the Tabernacle and the altar, and fill it with water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:20 - They must wash with water whenever they go into the Tabernacle to appear before the LORD and when they approach the altar to burn up their special gifts to the LORD—or they will die!

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:27

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:28

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:8 - the table and its utensils;
the pure gold lampstand with all its accessories;
the incense altar;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:5 - Aaron saw how excited the people were, so he built an altar in front of the calf. Then he announced, “Tomorrow will be a festival to the LORD!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:16 - the altar of burnt offering;
the bronze grating of the altar and its carrying poles and utensils;
the washbasin with its stand;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:1 - Next Bezalel[fn] used acacia wood to construct the square altar of burnt offering. It was 7½ feet wide, 7½ feet long, and 4½ feet high.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:3 - Then he made all the altar utensils of bronze—the ash buckets, shovels, basins, meat forks, and firepans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:4 - Next he made a bronze grating and installed it halfway down the side of the altar, under the ledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:31 - Bronze was also used to make the bases for the posts that supported the curtains around the courtyard, the bases for the curtain at the entrance of the courtyard, and all the tent pegs for the Tabernacle and the courtyard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:38 - the gold altar;
the anointing oil and fragrant incense;
the curtain for the entrance of the sacred tent;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:5 - “Place the gold incense altar in front of the Ark of the Covenant. Then hang the curtain at the entrance of the Tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:6 - Place the altar of burnt offering in front of the Tabernacle entrance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:10 - Anoint the altar of burnt offering and its utensils to consecrate them. Then the altar will become absolutely holy.

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