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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 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 the LORD appeared to Abram, and said, "To your descendants I will give this land." So he built there an altar to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:8 - Thence he removed to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to the LORD and called on the name of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:4 - to the place where he had made an altar at the first; and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:18 - So Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are at Hebron; and there he built an altar to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:9 - When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar, upon the wood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:25 - So he built an altar there and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there. And there Isaac's servants dug a well.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:20 - There he erected an altar and called it El-El'ohe-Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:1 - God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there; and make there an altar 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 - then let us arise and go up to Bethel, that I may make there an altar to the God who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone."

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:15 - And Moses built an altar and called the name of it, The LORD is my banner,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:24 - An altar of earth you shall make for me and 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 me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stones; for if you wield your tool upon it you profane it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:26 - And you shall not go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness be not exposed on it.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:14 - But if a man willfully attacks another to kill him treacherously, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:4 - And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD. And he rose early in the morning, and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve pillars, according to 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 half of the blood he threw against the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:1 - "You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad; the altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:3 - You shall make pots for it to receive its ashes, and shovels and basins and forks and firepans; all its utensils you shall make of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:5 - And you shall set it under the ledge of the altar so that the net shall extend halfway down the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:6 - And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:7 - and the poles shall be put through the rings, so that the poles shall be upon the two sides of the altar, when it is carried.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:43

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:43 - and they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they go into the tent of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister in the holy place; lest they bring guilt upon themselves and die. This shall be a perpetual statute for him and for his descendants after him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:12 - and shall take part of the blood of the bull and put it upon the horns of the altar with your finger, and the rest of the blood you shall pour out at the base of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:13 - And you shall take all the fat that covers the entrails, and the appendage of the liver, and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and burn them upon the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:16 - and you shall slaughter the ram, and shall take its blood and throw it against the altar round about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:18 - and burn the whole ram upon the altar; it is a burnt offering to the LORD; it is a pleasing odor, an offering by fire to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:21 - Then you shall take part of the blood that is on the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron and his garments, and upon his sons and his sons' garments with him; and he and his garments shall be holy, and his sons and his sons' garments with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:25 - Then you shall take them from their hands, and burn them on the altar in addition to the burnt offering, as a pleasing odor before the LORD; it is an offering by fire to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:36 - and every day you shall offer a bull as a sin offering for atonement. Also you shall offer a sin offering for the altar, when you make atonement for it, and shall anoint it, to consecrate it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:37 - Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar, and consecrate it, and the altar shall be most holy; whatever touches the altar shall become holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:38 - "Now this is what you shall offer upon the altar: two lambs a year old day by day continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:44

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:44 - I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar; Aaron also and his sons I will consecrate, to serve me as priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:1 - "You shall make an altar to burn incense upon; of acacia wood shall you make it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:18 - "You shall also make a laver of bronze, with its base 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 Box Exo 30:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:20 - When they go into the tent of meeting, or when they come near the altar to minister, to burn an offering by fire to the LORD, they shall wash with water, lest they die.

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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 with all its utensils and the laver and its base;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:8

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:5 - When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation and said, "Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:16

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:1 - He made the altar of burnt offering also of acacia wood; five cubits was its length, and five cubits its breadth; it was square, and three cubits was its height.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:3 - And he made all the utensils of the altar, the pots, the shovels, the basins, the forks, and the firepans: all its utensils he made of bronze.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:4 - And he made for the altar a grating, a network of bronze, under its ledge, extending halfway down.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:31

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:31 - the bases round about the court, and the bases of the gate of the court, all the pegs of the tabernacle, and all the pegs round about the court.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:38 - the golden altar, the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and the screen for the door of the tent;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:5 - And you shall put the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and set up the screen for the door of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:6 - You shall set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:10 - You shall also anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar; and the altar shall be most holy.

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