TBESH · H4196
מִזְבֵּחַ · miz.be.ach · altar
altar
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מִזְבֵּחַ (miz.be.ach) means “altar” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: miz-bay'-akh Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
מִזְבֵּחַ · miz.be.ach · altar
altar
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from H2076 (זָבַח); an altar
KJV glosses: altar.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the altar | 128 |
| of the altar | 53 |
| an altar | 38 |
| on the altar | 30 |
| altar | 28 |
| the altars | 16 |
| altars | 13 |
| and the altar | 11 |
| their altars | 9 |
| for the altar | 7 |
| my altar | 7 |
| it on the altar | 6 |
| your altar | 5 |
| your altars | 5 |
| and altars | 3 |
| it | 3 |
| on each altar | 3 |
| and altar | 2 |
| by the altar | 2 |
| his altar | 2 |
| o altar | 2 |
| they smashed the altars | 2 |
| altar there | 1 |
| an altar for ourselves | 1 |
| an altar of | 1 |
| and for the altar | 1 |
| and his altars | 1 |
| and on each altar | 1 |
| and the altar was | 1 |
| and the altars | 1 |
| baals altar | 1 |
| fires on my altar | 1 |
| from the altar | 1 |
| from the bronze altar | 1 |
| in the | 1 |
| near your altars | 1 |
| of the new altar | 1 |
| of their altars | 1 |
| the altar witness | 1 |
| the new altar | 1 |
| their altars will be | 1 |
| then the altar | 1 |
| there was an altar | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| upon the altar | 65 |
| of the altar | 59 |
| the altar | 48 |
| an altar | 29 |
| altar | 25 |
| and the altar | 16 |
| altars | 14 |
| on the altar | 11 |
| there an altar | 9 |
| the altars | 8 |
| their altars | 7 |
| unto the altar | 7 |
| against the altar | 4 |
| and the altars | 4 |
| from the altar | 4 |
| them upon the altar | 4 |
| and for the altar | 3 |
| for the altar | 3 |
| from off the altar | 3 |
| his altar | 3 |
| it upon the altar | 3 |
| thine altar | 3 |
| thine altars | 3 |
| to the altar | 3 |
| upon mine altar | 3 |
| and by the altar | 2 |
| and whose altars | 2 |
| behold the altar | 2 |
| by the altar | 2 |
| his altars | 2 |
| it unto the altar | 2 |
| on mine altar | 2 |
| thereof upon the altar | 2 |
| this altar | 2 |
| upon thine altar | 2 |
| us an altar | 2 |
| you an altar | 2 |
| all on the altar | 1 |
| along by the altar | 1 |
| also the whole altar | 1 |
| and all the altars | 1 |
| and his altars | 1 |
| and it shall be an altar | 1 |
| and on the altar | 1 |
| and your altars | 1 |
| beside the altar | 1 |
| both that altar | 1 |
| every altar | 1 |
| from between the altar | 1 |
| from mine altar | 1 |
| he an altar | 1 |
| him altars | 1 |
| him from mine altar | 1 |
| him on the altar | 1 |
| it and it shall be an altar | 1 |
| it on the altar | 1 |
| it to you upon the altar | 1 |
| me an altar | 1 |
| moreover the altar | 1 |
| o altar | 1 |
| of it upon the altar | 1 |
| of them upon the altar | 1 |
| of your altars | 1 |
| on their altars | 1 |
| shall there be an altar | 1 |
| that your altars | 1 |
| there upon the altars | 1 |
| thereof both the altar | 1 |
| to the altars | 1 |
| unto mine altar | 1 |
| upon that altar | 1 |
| upon their altars | 1 |
| yea their altars | 1 |
| your altars | 1 |
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And you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and of the altar, so that wrath may not fall on the Israelites again.
Read word by wordBut only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but any outsider who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death.”
Read word by wordBut you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat; they are holy. You are to splatter their blood on the altar and burn their fat as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Read word by wordThen Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”
Read word by wordSo Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
Read word by wordand God met with him. “I have set up seven altars,” Balaam said, “and on each altar I have offered a bull and a ram.”
Read word by wordSo Balak took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, where he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
Read word by wordThen Balaam said, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”
Read word by wordSo Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and he offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
Read word by wordInstead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their idols in the fire.
Read word by wordTear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, burn up their Asherah poles, cut down the idols of their gods, and wipe out their names from every place.
Read word by wordPresent the meat and blood of your burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD your God. The blood of your other sacrifices must be poured out beside the altar of the LORD your God, but you may eat the meat.
Read word by wordDo not set up any wooden Asherah pole next to the altar you will build for the LORD your God,
Read word by wordThen the priest shall take the basket from your hands and place it before the altar of the LORD your God,
Read word by wordMoreover, you are to build there an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones. You must not use any iron tool on them.
Read word by wordYou shall build the altar of the LORD your God with uncut stones and offer upon it burnt offerings to the LORD your God.
Read word by wordHe will teach Your ordinances to Jacob and Your law to Israel; he will set incense before You and whole burnt offerings on Your altar.
Read word by wordAt that time Joshua built an altar on Mount Ebal to the LORD, the God of Israel,
Read word by wordjust as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded the Israelites. He built it according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses: “an altar of uncut stones on which no iron tool has been used.” And on it they offered burnt offerings to the LORD, and they sacrificed peace offerings.
Read word by wordOn that day he made them woodcutters and water carriers, as they are to this day for the congregation of the LORD and for the altar at the place He would choose.
Read word by wordAnd when they came to Geliloth near the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an imposing altar there by the Jordan.
Read word by wordThen the Israelites received the report: “Behold, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar on the border of the land of Canaan, at Geliloth near the Jordan on the Israelite side.”
Read word by word“This is what the whole congregation of the LORD says: ‘What is this breach of faith you have committed today against the God of Israel by turning away from the LORD and building for yourselves an altar, that you might rebel against the LORD this day?
Read word by wordIf indeed the land of your inheritance is unclean, then cross over to the land of the LORD’s possession, where the LORD’s tabernacle stands, and take possession of it among us. But do not rebel against the LORD or against us by building for yourselves an altar other than the altar of the LORD our God.
Read word by wordIf we have built for ourselves an altar to turn away from Him and to offer burnt offerings and grain offerings on it, or to sacrifice peace offerings on it, may the LORD Himself hold us accountable.
Read word by wordThat is why we said, ‘Let us take action and build an altar for ourselves, but not for burnt offerings or sacrifices.
Read word by wordTherefore we said, ‘If they ever say this to us or to our descendants, we will answer: Look at the replica of the altar of the LORD that our fathers made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a witness between us and you.’
Read word by wordFar be it from us to rebel against the LORD and turn away from Him today by building an altar for burnt offerings, grain offerings, or sacrifices, other than the altar of the LORD our God, which stands before His tabernacle.”
Read word by wordSo the Reubenites and Gadites named the altar Witness, for they said, “It is a witness between us that the LORD is God.”
Read word by wordand you are not to make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall tear down their altars.’ Yet you have not obeyed My voice. What is this you have done?
Read word by wordSo Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
Read word by wordOn that very night the LORD said to Gideon, “Take your father’s young bull and a second bull seven years old, tear down your father’s altar to Baal, and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.
Read word by wordThen build a proper altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold. And with the wood of the Asherah pole you cut down, take the second bull and offer it as a burnt offering.”
Read word by wordWhen the men of the city got up in the morning, there was Baal’s altar torn down, with the Asherah pole cut down beside it and the second bull offered up on the newly built altar.
Read word by wordThen the men of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son. He must die, because he has torn down Baal’s altar and cut down the Asherah pole beside it.”
Read word by wordBut Joash said to all who stood against him, “Are you contending for Baal? Are you trying to save him? Whoever pleads his case will be put to death by morning! If Baal is a god, let him contend for himself with the one who has torn down his altar.”
Read word by wordSo on that day Gideon was called Jerubbaal, that is to say, “Let Baal contend with him,” because he had torn down Baal’s altar.
Read word by wordWhen the flame went up from the altar to the sky, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell facedown to the ground.
Read word by wordThe next day the people got up early, built an altar there, and presented burnt offerings and peace offerings.
Read word by wordAnd out of all the tribes of Israel I selected your father to be My priest, to offer sacrifices on My altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in My presence. I also gave to the house of your father all the food offerings of the Israelites.
Read word by wordAnd every one of you that I do not cut off from My altar, I will cause your eyes to fail and your heart to grieve. All your descendants will die by the sword of men.
Read word by wordThen he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.
Read word by wordThen Saul built an altar to the LORD; it was the first time he had built an altar to the LORD.
Read word by wordAnd that day Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
Read word by word“Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” Araunah said. “To buy your threshing floor,” David replied, “that I may build an altar to the LORD, so that the plague upon the people may be halted.”
Read word by wordAnd there he built an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then the LORD answered the prayers on behalf of the land, and the plague upon Israel was halted.
Read word by wordBut Adonijah, in fear of Solomon, got up and went to take hold of the horns of the altar.
Read word by wordIt was reported to Solomon: “Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon, and he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, ‘Let King Solomon first swear to me not to put his servant to the sword.’”
Read word by wordSo King Solomon summoned Adonijah down from the altar, and he came and bowed down before King Solomon, who said to him, “Go to your home.”
Read word by wordWhen the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.
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