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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 23 times in 21 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:23 - If then you are making an offering at the altar and there it comes to your mind that your brother has something against you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:24 - While your offering is still before the altar, first go and make peace with your brother, then come and make your offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:18 - And, Whoever takes an oath by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the offering which is on it, he is responsible.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:19 - You blind ones: which is greater, the offering, or the altar which makes the offering holy?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:20 - He, then, who takes an oath by the altar, takes it by the altar and by all things on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:35 - So that on you may come all the blood of the upright on the earth, from the blood of upright Abel to the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom you put to death between the Temple and the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:11 - And he saw an angel of the Lord in his place on the right side of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:51 - From the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who was put to death between the altar and the Temple. Yes, I say to you, It will come on this generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:3 - Lord, they have put your prophets to death, and made waste your altars, and now I am the last, and they are searching for me to take away my life.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:13 - Do you not see that the servants of the holy things get their living from the Temple, and the servants of the altar have their part in the food which is offered on the altar?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:18 - See Israel after the flesh: do not those who take as food the offerings of the altar take a part in the altar?

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:13 - For he of whom these things are said comes of another tribe, of which no man has ever made offerings at the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:10 - We have an altar from which those priests who are servants in the Tent may not take food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:21 - Was not the righteousness of Abraham our father judged by his works, when he made an offering of Isaac his son on the altar?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:9 - And when the fifth stamp was undone, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been put to death for the word of God, and for the witness which they kept.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:3 - And another angel came and took his place at the altar, having a gold vessel for burning perfume; and there was given to him much perfume, so that he might put it with the prayers of all the saints on the gold altar which was before the high seat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:5 - And the angel took the vessel; and he made it full of the fire of the altar, and sent it down on the earth: and there came thunders and voices and flames and a shaking of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 9:13 - And at the sounding of the sixth angel a voice came to my ears from the horns of the gold altar which is before God,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:1 - And there was given to me a measuring rod: and one said, Go up and take the measure of the house of God, and the altar, and the worshippers in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:18 - And another angel came out from the altar, who has power over fire; and he gave a loud cry to him who had the sharp curved blade, saying, Put in your sharp blade, and let the grapes of the vine of the earth be cut; for her grapes are fully ready.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:7 - And a voice came from the altar, saying, Even so, O Lord God, Ruler of all, true and full of righteousness is your judging.
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