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Lexicon :: Strong's G2379 - thysiastērion

Aa
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 - And Noah builded an altar unto Jehovah, and took of every clean beast, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt-offerings on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:7 - And Jehovah appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto Jehovah, who appeared unto him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:8 - And he removed from thence unto the mountain on the east of Beth-el, and pitched his tent, having Beth-el on the west, and Ai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto Jehovah, and called upon the name of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:4 - unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:18 - And Abram moved his tent, and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and built there an altar unto Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:9 - And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built the 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 BoxGen 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:25 - And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of Jehovah, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants digged a well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:20 - And he erected there an altar, and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:1 - And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Beth-el, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, who appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:3 - and let us arise, and go up to Beth-el; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:7 - And he built there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because there God was revealed unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:15 - And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:24 - An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt-offerings, and thy peace-offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in every place where I record my name I will come unto thee and I will bless thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:25 - And if thou make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stones; for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:26 - Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not uncovered thereon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:14 - And if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:4 - And Moses wrote all the words of Jehovah, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the mount, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:6 - And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:1 - And thou shalt make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:3 - And thou shalt make its pots to take away its ashes, and its shovels, and its basins, and its flesh-hooks, and its firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:5 - And thou shalt put it under the ledge round the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:6 - And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with brass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:7 - And the staves thereof shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, in bearing it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:43

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:43 - And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they go in unto the tent of meeting, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and unto his seed after him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:12 - And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger; and thou shalt pour out all the blood at the base of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:13 - And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul upon the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:16 - And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take its blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:18 - And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt-offering unto Jehovah; it is a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:21 - And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons’ garments with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:25 - And thou shalt take them from their hands, and burn them on the altar upon the burnt-offering, for a sweet savor before Jehovah: it is an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:36

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:36 - And every day shalt thou offer the bullock of sin-offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou makest atonement for it; and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:37

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:37 - Seven days thou shalt make atonement for the altar, and sanctify it: and the altar shall be most holy; whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:38 - Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar: two lambs a year old day by day continually.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:44

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:44 - And I will sanctify the tent of meeting, and the altar: Aaron also and his sons will I sanctify, to minister to me in the priest’s office.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:1 - And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of acacia wood shalt thou make it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:18 - Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, whereat to wash. And thou shalt put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:20 - when they go into the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:27 - and the table and all the vessels thereof, and the candlestick and the vessels thereof, and the altar of incense,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:28

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:28 - and the altar of burnt-offering with all the vessels thereof, and the laver and the base thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:8

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:5 - And when Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To-morrow shall be a feast to Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:16 - the altar of burnt-offering, with its grating of brass, it staves, and all its vessels, the laver and its base;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:1 - And he made the altar of burnt-offering of acacia wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof, foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:3 - And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basins, the flesh-hooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:4 - And he made for the altar a grating of network of brass, under the ledge round it beneath, reaching halfway up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:31

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:38

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:5

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:6 - And thou shalt set the altar of burnt-offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:10 - And thou shalt anoint the altar of burnt-offering, and all its vessels, and sanctify the altar: and the altar shall be most holy.

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