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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 - “Therefore G3767, if G1437 you are presenting G4374 your [fn]offering G1435 at the altar G2379, and there G2546 you remember G3403 that your brother G80 has G2192 something G5100 against G2596 you,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:24 - leave G863 your [fn]offering G1435 there G1563 before G1715 the altar G2379 and go G5217; first G4413 be G1259 reconciled G1259 to your brother G80, and then G5119 come G2064 and present G4374 your [fn]offering G1435.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:18 - “And you say, ‘Whoever G3739 G302 swears G3660 by the altar G2379, that is nothing G3762; but whoever G3739 G302 swears G3660 by the [fn]offering G1435 that is on it is obligated G3784.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:19 - “You blind G5185 men G5185, which G5101 is [fn]more G3173 important G3173, the [fn]offering G1435 or G2228 the altar G2379 that sanctifies G37 the [fn]offering G1435?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:20 - “Therefore G3767, the one who swears G3660 by the altar G2379, swears G3660 both by [fn]the altar G2379 and by everything G3956 on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:35 - so G3704 that G3704 upon you will fall G2064 the guilt of all G3956 the righteous G1342 blood G129 shed G1632 on earth G1093, from the blood G129 of righteous G1342 Abel G6 to the blood G129 of Zechariah G2197, the son G5207 of Berechiah G914, whom G3739 you murdered G5407 between G3342 the [fn]temple G3485 and the altar G2379.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:11 - Now G1161 an angel G32 of the Lord G2962 appeared G3708 to him, standing G2476 to the right G1188 of the altar G2379 of incense G2368.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:51

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:51 - from the blood G129 of Abel G6 to the blood G129 of Zechariah G2197, who was killed G622 between G3342 the altar G2379 and the house G3624 of God; yes G3483, I tell G3004 you, it shall be charged G1567 [fn]against G575 this G3778 generation G1074.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:3 - “Lord G2962, THEY HAVE KILLED G615 YOUR PROPHETS G4396, THEY HAVE TORN G2679 DOWN G2679 YOUR ALTARS G2379, AND I ALONE G3441 AM LEFT G5275, AND THEY ARE SEEKING G2212 MY LIFE G5590.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:13 - Do you not know G6063 that those G3588 who perform G2038 sacred G2413 services G2413 eat G2068 the food of the temple G2413, and those G3588 who attend G4332 regularly G4332 to the altar G2379 have G4829 their share G4829 [fn]from the altar G2379?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:18 - Look G991 at [fn]the people G4561 of Israel G2474; are those G3588 who eat G2068 the sacrifices G2378 not partners G2844 in the altar G2379?

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:13 - For the one about G1909 whom G3739 these G3778 things G3778 are said G3004 belongs G3348 to another G2087 tribe G5443, from which G3739 no G3762 one G3762 has officiated G4337 at the altar G2379.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:10 - We have G2192 an altar G2379 from which G3739 those G3588 who serve G3000 the [fn]tabernacle G4633 have G2192 no G3756 right G1849 to eat G2068.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:21 - Was our father G3962 Abraham G11 not justified G1344 by works G2041 when he offered G399 up G399 his son G5207 Isaac G2464 on the altar G2379?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 6:9 -

When G3753 the Lamb broke G455 the fifth G3991 seal G4973, I saw G3708 underneath G5270 the altar G2379 the souls G5590 of those G3588 who had been killed G4969 because G1223 of the word G3056 of God G2316, and because G1223 of the testimony G3141 which G3739 they had maintained G2192;

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Another G243 angel G32 came G2064 and stood G2476 at the altar G2379, holding G2192 a golden G5552 censer G3031; and much G4183 incense G2368 was given G1325 to him, so G2443 that G2443 he might [fn]add G1325 it to the prayers G4335 of all G3956 the [fn]saints G40 on the golden G5552 altar G2379 which was before G1799 the throne G2362.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 8:5 - Then G2532 the angel G32 [fn]took G2983 the [fn]censer G3031 and filled G1072 it with the fire G4442 of the altar G2379, and hurled G906 it to the earth G1093; and there were peals G1027 of G1027 thunder G1027 and sounds G5456, and flashes G796 of G796 lightning G796 and an earthquake G4578.

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Then G2532 the sixth G1623 angel G32 sounded G4537, and I heard G191 [fn]a voice G5456 from the [fn]four G5064 horns G2768 of the golden G5552 altar G2379 which is before G1799 God G2316,

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Then G2532 there was given G1325 to me a [fn]measuring G2563 rod G2563 like G3664 a staff G4464; [fn]and someone said G3004, “Get G1453 up G1453 and measure G3354 the [fn]temple G3485 of God G2316 and the altar G2379, and those G3588 who worship G4352 in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:18 - Then G2532 another G243 angel G32, the one who has G2192 power G1849 over G1909 fire G4442, came G1831 out G1831 from the altar G2379; and he called G5455 with a loud G3173 voice G5456 to him who had G2192 the sharp G3691 sickle G1407, saying G3004, “[fn]Put G3992 in G3992 your sharp G3691 sickle G1407 and gather G5166 the clusters G1009 [fn]from the vine G288 of the earth G1093, because G3754 her grapes G4718 are ripe G187.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 16:7 - And I heard G191 the altar G2379 saying G3004, “Yes G3483, Lord G2962 God G2316, the Almighty G3841, true G228 and righteous G1342 are Your judgments G2920.”
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