Altar
θυσιαστήριονStrong’s G2379thusiastērion
Appears in 21 verses of the New Testament
In short
Thusiastērion is the Greek word usually translated “altar” and “altars”. It appears in 21 verses of the New Testament.
“Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;”
Meaning
Usually translated “altar” and “altars”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- altar 21
- altars 1
- an altar 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 7
- Matthew 6
- Luke 2
- 1 Corinthians 2
- Hebrews 2
- Romans 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 5:24Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
- Matthew 23:18And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
- Matthew 23:19Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
- Matthew 23:20Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
- Matthew 23:35That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
- Luke 1:11And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
Greek dictionary
θυσιαστήριον thusiastērion · altar
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).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “altar” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
AL'TAR, noun
[Latin altare, probably from the same root as altus, high.
- A mount; a table or elevated place, on which sacrifices where anciently offered to some deity.
- In modern churches, the communion table; and, figuratively, a church; a place of worship.
- In scripture, Christ is called the altar of Christians, he being the atoning sacrifice for sin.“We have an altar whereof they have no right to eat, who serve tabernacles” Hebrews 13:10
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.