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GreekG2379Noun (Neuter)

θυσιαστήριον

thusiastērion

21Occurrences
G2379Strong's #
Noun (Neuter)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a place of sacrifice, i.e. an altar (special or genitive case, literal or figurative)

from a derivative of G2378 (θυσία);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
an altar: (a) generally; pl., (LXX); metaphorically, (see Westc., in l, and esp. his add, note on the history of the word, 455 ff.); (b) of the altar of burnt-offering in the Temple,; (with) of the altar of incense in the sanctuary ; symbolically in Heaven .
LXX: (where the word first appears) very freq., nearly always for מַדְבַּח

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Neuter)

Morphology Code

G:N-N

Full Description

Greek Noun, Neuter

Occurrences

θυσιαστήριον appears 21 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Revelation
7
Matthew
6
1 Corinthians
2
Hebrews
2
Luke
2
James
1
Romans
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 10:18BSB

Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?

James 2:21BSB

Was not our father Abraham justified by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?

Matthew 23:19BSB

You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?

Matthew 5:24BSB

leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.

Revelation 6:9BSB

And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had upheld.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.