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thusiastērion G2379

θυσιαστήριον (thusiastērion) means “altar” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

θυσιαστήριον Greek · G2379 23 tagged occurrences in 21 verses

Pronunciation guide: thoo-see-as-tay'-ree-on Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G2379

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)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

an altar (for sacrifice).

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How translators render G2379

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
altar 20
altars 1
an altar 1
offerings 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
the altar 14
altar 2
at the altar 2
of the altar 2
altars 1
an altar 1
with the altar 1

Verses containing G2379

Page 1 of 1. 21 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Matthew 5:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,

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  2. Matthew 5:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  3. Matthew 23:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.’

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  4. Matthew 23:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  5. Matthew 23:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So then, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.

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  6. Matthew 23:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

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  7. Luke 1:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.

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  8. Luke 11:51 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to this generation.

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  9. Romans 11:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “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”?

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  10. 1 Corinthians 9:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    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?

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  11. 1 Corinthians 10:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  12. Hebrews 7:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar.

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  13. Hebrews 13:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat.

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  14. James 2:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

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

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  15. Revelation 6:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  16. Revelation 8:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne.

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  17. Revelation 8:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth; and there were peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

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  18. Revelation 9:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God

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  19. Revelation 11:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count the number of worshipers there.

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  20. Revelation 14:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Still another angel, with authority over the fire, came from the altar and called out in a loud voice to the angel with the sharp sickle, “Swing your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the vine of the earth, because its grapes are ripe.”

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  21. Revelation 16:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And I heard the altar reply: “Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and just are Your judgments.”

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