2379. thusiastérion
Berean Strong's Lexicon
thusiastérion: Altar

Original Word: θυσιαστήριον
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: thusiastérion
Pronunciation: thoo-see-as-TAY-ree-on
Phonetic Spelling: (thoo-see-as-tay'-ree-on)
Definition: Altar
Meaning: an altar (for sacrifice).

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek word θυσία (thusia), meaning "sacrifice."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H4196 (מִזְבֵּחַ, mizbeach): Refers to an altar, used extensively in the Old Testament to describe the altars of burnt offering and incense.

Usage: The term "thusiastérion" refers to an altar, a structure upon which sacrifices or offerings are made to a deity. In the New Testament, it is used to describe both the physical altars used in the Jewish temple and the metaphorical altar representing the place of spiritual sacrifice and worship in the Christian faith.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Jewish culture, the altar was central to religious life, serving as the place where sacrifices were offered to God according to the Mosaic Law. The altar was a symbol of atonement, worship, and covenant relationship with God. In the New Testament, the concept of the altar is expanded to include the spiritual sacrifices of believers, emphasizing a life dedicated to God through Jesus Christ.

HELPS Word-studies

2379 thysiastḗrionaltar; (figuratively) the meeting place between God and the true worshiper; (figuratively) the "place" of consecration, where the Lord meets and communes with the sincere believer.

2379 /thysiastḗrion ("a sacred altar") is formed (present) anywhere the believer hears from God and does what they hear (lives in faith). Accordingly, 2379 (thysiastḗrion) and faith (4102 /pístis, "the Lord's inbirthed persuasion") are directly connected (Js 2:21-24).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from a derivation of thusia and -térion (suff. denoting place)
Definition
an altar
NASB Translation
altar (23), altars (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2379: θυσιαστήριον

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 מִזְבֵּחַ; 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 ): Matthew 5:23; Matthew 23:18-20, 35; Luke 11:51; 1 Corinthians 9:13; 1 Corinthians 10:18; Hebrews 7:13; Revelation 11:1.

2. the altar of incense, which stood in the sanctuary or Holy place (B. D. as above): τό θυσιαστήριον τοῦ θυμιάματος, Luke 1:11 (Exodus 30:1); (symbolically) in Heaven: Revelation 6:9; Revelation 8:3, 5; Revelation 9:13; Revelation 14:18; Revelation 16:7.

3. any other altar, James 2:21; plural Romans 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, Hebrews 13:10.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
altar.

From a derivative of thusia; a place of sacrifice, i.e. An altar (special or genitive case, literal or figurative) -- altar.

see GREEK thusia

Forms and Transliterations
θυσιαστηρια θυσιαστήρια θυσιαστήριά θυσιαστηριον θυσιαστηρίον θυσιαστήριον θυσιαστήριόν θυσιαστηριου θυσιαστηρίου θυσιαστηριω θυσιαστηρίω θυσιαστηρίῳ θυσιαστηρίων thusiasteria thusiastēria thusiasterio thusiastēriō thusiasterion thusiastērion thusiasteriou thusiastēriou thysiasteria thysiastēria thysiastḗriá thysiasterio thysiastēriō thysiasteríoi thysiastēríōi thysiasterion thysiastērion thysiastḗrion thysiasteriou thysiasteríou thysiastēriou thysiastēríou
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 5:23 N-ANS
GRK: ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον κἀκεῖ μνησθῇς
NAS: your offering at the altar, and there
KJV: to the altar, and there
INT: at the altar and there shall remember

Matthew 5:24 N-GNS
GRK: ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου καὶ ὕπαγε
NAS: there before the altar and go; first
KJV: gift before the altar, and go thy way;
INT: before the altar and go away

Matthew 23:18 N-DNS
GRK: ἐν τῷ θυσιαστηρίῳ οὐδέν ἐστιν
NAS: swears by the altar, [that] is nothing,
KJV: by the altar, it is
INT: by the altar nothing it is

Matthew 23:19 N-NNS
GRK: ἢ τὸ θυσιαστήριον τὸ ἁγιάζον
NAS: or the altar that sanctifies
KJV: or the altar that sanctifieth
INT: or the altar which sanctifies

Matthew 23:20 N-DNS
GRK: ἐν τῷ θυσιαστηρίῳ ὀμνύει ἐν
NAS: swears by the altar, swears
KJV: shall swear by the altar, sweareth by
INT: by the altar swears by

Matthew 23:35 N-GNS
GRK: καὶ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου
NAS: between the temple and the altar.
KJV: the temple and the altar.
INT: and the altar

Luke 1:11 N-GNS
GRK: δεξιῶν τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου τοῦ θυμιάματος
NAS: to the right of the altar of incense.
KJV: the right side of the altar of incense.
INT: [the] right of the altar of the incense

Luke 11:51 N-GNS
GRK: μεταξὺ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου καὶ τοῦ
NAS: between the altar and the house
KJV: between the altar and
INT: between the altar and the

Romans 11:3 N-ANP
GRK: ἀπέκτειναν τὰ θυσιαστήριά σου κατέσκαψαν
NAS: THEY HAVE TORN DOWN YOUR ALTARS, AND I ALONE
KJV: thine altars; and I
INT: they killed the altars of you they tore down

1 Corinthians 9:13 N-DNS
GRK: οἱ τῷ θυσιαστηρίῳ παρεδρεύοντες τῷ
NAS: who attend regularly to the altar have their share
KJV: and they which wait at the altar are partakers
INT: those at the altar attending with the

1 Corinthians 9:13 N-DNS
GRK: παρεδρεύοντες τῷ θυσιαστηρίῳ συμμερίζονται
NAS: have their share from the altar?
KJV: are partakers with the altar?
INT: attending with the altar partake

1 Corinthians 10:18 N-GNS
GRK: κοινωνοὶ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου εἰσίν
NAS: the sacrifices sharers in the altar?
KJV: partakers of the altar?
INT: fellow-partakers with the altar are

Hebrews 7:13 N-DNS
GRK: προσέσχηκεν τῷ θυσιαστηρίῳ
NAS: no one has officiated at the altar.
KJV: no man gave attendance at the altar.
INT: has attended to at the altar

Hebrews 13:10 N-ANS
GRK: ἔχομεν θυσιαστήριον ἐξ οὗ
NAS: We have an altar from which those
KJV: We have an altar, whereof they have
INT: We have an altar of which

James 2:21 N-ANS
GRK: ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον
NAS: up Isaac his son on the altar?
KJV: son upon the altar?
INT: upon the altar

Revelation 6:9 N-GNS
GRK: ὑποκάτω τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου τὰς ψυχὰς
NAS: underneath the altar the souls
KJV: under the altar the souls
INT: under the altar the souls

Revelation 8:3 N-GNS
GRK: ἐπὶ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου ἔχων λιβανωτὸν
NAS: and stood at the altar, holding
KJV: stood at the altar, having a golden
INT: at the altar having a altar of incense

Revelation 8:3 N-ANS
GRK: ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον τὸ χρυσοῦν
NAS: on the golden altar which was before
KJV: upon the golden altar which was before
INT: upon the altar golden

Revelation 8:5 N-GNS
GRK: πυρὸς τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου καὶ ἔβαλεν
NAS: it with the fire of the altar, and threw
KJV: with fire of the altar, and cast
INT: fire of the altar and cast [it]

Revelation 9:13 N-GNS
GRK: κεράτων τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου τοῦ χρυσοῦ
NAS: of the golden altar which is before
KJV: of the golden altar which
INT: horns of the altar golden

Revelation 11:1 N-ANS
GRK: καὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον καὶ τοὺς
NAS: of God and the altar, and those
KJV: and the altar, and
INT: and the altar and those who

Revelation 14:18 N-GNS
GRK: ἐκ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου ὁ ἔχων
NAS: came out from the altar; and he called
KJV: out from the altar, which had
INT: out of the altar having

Revelation 16:7 N-GNS
GRK: ἤκουσα τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου λέγοντος Ναί
NAS: And I heard the altar saying, Yes,
KJV: another out of the altar say, Even so,
INT: I heard the altar saying Yes

Strong's Greek 2379
23 Occurrences


θυσιαστήριά — 1 Occ.
θυσιαστηρίῳ — 5 Occ.
θυσιαστήριον — 6 Occ.
θυσιαστηρίου — 11 Occ.

















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