θυσιαστήριον thusiastērion

Greek word for “altar” · Strong’s G2379 · used 23 times in 21 verses

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Meaning

θυσιαστήριον, -ου, τό;

How it is translated

Glosses given for thusiastērion in context, with how often each is used:

• altar 21
• altars 1
• altar? 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 23 (4), Matthew 5 (2), Revelation 8 (2), Luke 1 (1), Luke 11 (1), Romans 11 (1), 1 Corinthians 9 (1), 1 Corinthians 10 (1), Hebrews 7 (1), Hebrews 13 (1)

Forms

• θυσιαστηρίου 11
• θυσιαστήριον 6
• θυσιαστηρίῳ 5
• θυσιαστήριά 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with thusiastērion more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• δῶρον dōron “gift” 4
• ἄγγελος angelos “angel” 5
• λιβανωτός libanōtos “censer” 2
• Ἄβελ Abel “Abel” 2
• θυμίαμα thumiama “incense” 2
• μεταξύ metaxu “between/meanwhile” 2
• Ζαχαρίας Zacharias “Zechariah” 2
• χρύσεος chruseos “golden” 2
• φωνή phōnē “voice/sound” 3
• ἐπάνω epanō “above” 2
• ὄμνυμι omnumi “to swear” 2
• ναί nai “yes” 2

Key verses

The verses using thusiastērion that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 5:23 — Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
• Matthew 23:35 — That 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…
• Luke 1:11 — And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
• 1 Corinthians 9:13 — Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?
• 1 Corinthians 10:18 — Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?
• Hebrews 13:10 — We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.
• James 2:21 — Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
• Revelation 6:9 — And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
• Revelation 8:3 — And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of…
• Revelation 8:5 — And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an…
• Revelation 11:1 — And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein.
• Revelation 16:7 — And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.