Strong's Lexicon
G2379 — θυσιαστήριον
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2379 |
|---|---|
| Word: | θυσιαστήριον |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from a derivative of G2378 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 23 |
| Transliteration: | thusiasterion |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | thoo-see-as-tay'-ree-on |
| Meaning: | 1. a place of sacrifice, i.e. an altar {special or genitive case, literal or figurative} |
| KJV Renderings: | altar |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
θυσιαστήριον, θυσιαστηρίου, τό (neuter of the adjective θυσιαστηριος (cf. Winer’s Grammar, 96 (91)), and this from θυσιάζω to sacrifice), a word found only in Philo (e. g. vita Moys. iii. § 10, cf. § 7; Josephus, Antiquities 8, 4, 1) and the Biblical and ecclesiastical writings; the Sept. times without number for îÄæÀáÅÌçÇ; properly, an altar for the slaying and burning of victims; used of:
1. the altar of whole burnt-offerings which stood in the court of the priests in the temple at Jerusalem (B. D. under the word ): Mat 5:23; Mat 23:18-20; Mat 23:35; Luk 11:51; 1Co 9:13; 1Co 10:18; Heb 7:13; Rev 11:1.
2. the altar of incense, which stood in the sanctuary or Holy place (B. D. as above): τό θυσιαστήριον τοῦ θυμιάματος, Luk 1:11 (Exo 30:1); (symbolically) in Heaven: Rev 6:9; Rev 8:3; Rev 8:5; Rev 9:13; Rev 14:18; Rev 16:7.
3. any other altar, Jas 2:21; plural Rom 11:3; metaphorically, the cross on which Christ suffered an expiatory death: to eat of this altar i. e. to appropriate to oneself the fruits of Christ’s expiatory death, Heb 13:10.
Englishman's Greek Concordance
θυσιαστήριον (altar)
Matthew 5:23
- KJV: Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee
- GK: εάν ουν προσφέρης το δώρόν σου επί το θυσιαστήριον και εκεί μνησθής ότι ο αδελφός σου έχει τι κατά σου
Matthew 5:24
- KJV: Leave there thy gift before the altar and go thy way first be reconciled to thy brother and then come and offer thy gift
- GK: άφες εκεί το δώρόν σου έμπροσθεν του θυσιαστηρίου και ύπαγε πρώτον διαλλάγηθι τω αδελφώ σου και τότε ελθών πρόσφερε το δώρόν σου
Matthew 23:18
- KJV: And Whosoever shall swear by the altar it is nothing but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it he is guilty
- GK: και ος εάν ομόση εν τω θυσιαστηρίω ουδέν εστιν ος δ΄ αν ομόση εν τω δώρω τω επάνω αυτού οφείλει
Matthew 23:19
- KJV: fools and blind for whether greater the gift or the altar that sanctifieth the gift
- GK: μωροί και τυφλοί τι γαρ μείζον τον δώρον η το θυσιαστήριον το αγιάζον το δώρον
Matthew 23:20
- KJV: Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar sweareth by it and by all things thereon
- GK: ο ουν ομόσας εν τω θυσιαστηρίω ομνύει εν αυτώ και εν πάσι τοις επάνω αυτού
Matthew 23:35
- KJV: 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 between the temple and the altar
- GK: όπως έλθη εφ΄ υμάς παν αίμα δίκαιον εκχυνόμενον επί της γης απο του αίματος Αβελ του δικαίου έως του αίματος Ζαχαρίου υιού Βαραχίου ον εφονεύσατε μεταξύ του ναού και του θυσιαστηρίου
Luke 1:11
- KJV: And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense
- GK: ώφθη δε αυτώ άγγελος κυρίου εστώς εκ δεξιών του θυσιαστηρίου του θυμιάματος
Luke 11:51
- KJV: From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias which perished between the altar and the temple verily I say unto you It shall be required of this generation
- GK: από του αίματος Αβελ έως του αίματος Ζαχαρίου του απολομένου μεταξύ του θυσιαστηρίου και του οίκου ναι λέγω υμίν εκζητηθήσεται από της γενεάς ταύτης
Romans 11:3
- KJV: Lord they have killed thy prophets and digged down thine altars and I am left alone and they seek my life
- GK: κύριε τους προφήτας σου απέκτειναν και τα θυσιαστήριά σου κατέσκαψαν καγώ υπελείφθην μόνος και ζητούσι την ψυχήν μου
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