θυσιαστήριον

thusiastērion

altar

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Strong’s G2379Noun, neuter23 times in the New Testament (critical text)

Where it occurs

Translated as

altar21

altars1

an altar1

In the text

Matthew 5:23θυσιαστήριον
So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,
Luke 1:11θυσιαστηρίου
Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.
Romans 11:3θυσιαστήριά
“Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well”?
1 Corinthians 9:13θυσιαστηρίῳ
Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings?
Hebrews 7:13θυσιαστηρίῳ
He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar.
Revelation 6:9θυσιαστηρίου
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.

Abbott-Smith

θυσιαστήριον, -ου, τό
(θυσιάζω, to sacrifice), [in LXX (where the word first appears) very freq., nearly always for מַדְבַּח ;]
an altar:

(a) generally, Jas.2:21; pl., Rom.11:3 (LXX); metaphorically, Heb.13:10 (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, Mat.5:23-24 23:18-20, 35, Luk.11:51, 1Co.9:13 10:18, Heb.7:13, Rev.11:1;

(with) of the altar of incense in the sanctuary (Exo.30:1, al.), Luk.1:11; symbolically in Heaven, Rev.6:9 8:3 9:13 14:18 16:7 (Cremer, 292).†
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Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.