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Strong's G2379 · Greek

θυσιαστήριον

thusiasterion · thoo-see-as-tay'-ree-on

from a derivative of 2378; a place of sacrifice, i.e. an altar (special or genitive case, literal or figurative)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

θυσιαστήριον (G2379)

23 † θυσιαστήριον , -ου, τό ( θυσιάζω , to sacrifice), [in LXX (where the word first appears) very freq., nearly always for מִזְבֵּחַ ;] an altar : generally, Ja 2:21 ; pl., Ro 11:3 (LXX) ; metaph., He 13:10 (v. Westc., in l., and esp. his add. note on the history of the word, 455 ff.); of the altar of burnt-offering in the Temple, Mt 5:23 , 24 23:18-20 , 35 , Lk 11:51 , I Co 9:13 10:18 , He 7:13 , Re 11:1 ; of the altar of incense in the sanctuary ( Ex 30:1 , al.), Lk 1:11 ; symbolically in Heaven, Re 6:9 8:3 , 5 9:13 14:18 16:7 (Cremer, 292).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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