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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.
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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:23 - 'If, therefore, thou mayest bring thy gift to the altar, and there mayest remember that thy brother hath anything against thee,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:24 - leave there thy gift before the altar, and go -- first be reconciled to thy brother, and then having come bring thy gift.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:18 - 'And, whoever may swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever may swear by the gift that is upon it -- is debtor!

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:19 - Fools and blind! for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that is sanctifying the gift?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:20 - 'He therefore who did swear by the altar, doth swear by it, and by all things on it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:35 - that on you may come all the righteous blood being poured out on the earth from the blood of Abel the righteous, unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar:

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:11 - And there appeared to him a messenger of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of the perfume,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:51 - from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the house; yes, I say to you, It shall be required from this generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:3 - 'Lord, Thy prophets they did kill, and Thy altars they dug down, and I was left alone, and they seek my life;'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:13 - Have ye not known that those working about the things of the temple -- of the temple do eat, and those waiting at the altar -- with the altar are partakers?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:18 - See Israel according to the flesh! are not those eating the sacrifices in the fellowship of the altar?

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:13 - for he of whom these things are said in another tribe hath had part, of whom no one gave attendance at the altar,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:10 - we have an altar, of which to eat they have no authority who the tabernacle are serving,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:21 - Abraham our father -- was not he declared righteous out of works, having brought up Isaac his son upon the altar?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:9 - And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those slain because of the word of God, and because of the testimony that they held,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:3 - and another messenger did come, and he stood at the altar, having a golden censer, and there was given to him much perfume, that he may give it to the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar that is before the throne,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:5 - and the messenger took the censer, and did fill it out of the fire of the altar, and did cast it to the earth, and there came voices, and thunders, and lightnings, and an earthquake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:13 - And the sixth messenger did sound, and I heard a voice out of the four horns of the altar of gold that is before God,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:1 - And there was given to me a reed like to a rod, and the messenger stood, saying, 'Rise, and measure the sanctuary of God, and the altar, and those worshipping in it;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:18 - and another messenger did come forth out from the altar, having authority over the fire, and he called with a great cry to him having the sharp sickle, saying, 'Send forth thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, because come to perfection have her grapes;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:7 - and I heard another out of the altar, saying, 'Yes, Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are Thy judgments.'
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