HebrewH4196Noun (Masculine)

מִזְבֵּחַ

miz.be.ach

322Occurrences
H4196Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

an altar

from H2076 (זָבַח);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
altar

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

מִזְבֵּחַ appears 322 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Leviticus
65
Exodus
51
2 Chronicles
34
1 Kings
29
Numbers
23
2 Kings
18
Ezk
17
Joshua
12

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 16:40BSB

to regularly present burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of burnt offerings, morning and evening, according to all that was written in the Law of the LORD, which He had commanded Israel to keep.

2 Chronicles 34:7BSB

He tore down the altars and Asherah poles, crushed the idols to powder, and cut to pieces all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

Exodus 29:44BSB

So I will consecrate the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and I will consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve Me as priests.

Isaiah 19:19BSB

In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the center of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the LORD near her border.

Leviticus 3:16BSB

Then the priest is to burn the food on the altar as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the LORD’s.

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