Strong's #2379: thusiasterion (pronounced 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):--altar.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon:
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thusiastērion
1) the altar for slaying and burning of victims used of
1a) the altar of whole burnt offerings which stood in the court of the priests in the temple at Jerusalem
1b) the altar of incense which stood in the sanctuary or the Holy Place
1c) any other altar
1c1) metaphorically, the cross on which Christ suffered an expiatory death: to eat of this altar, i.e. to appropriate to one' s self the fruits of Christ' s expiatory death
Part of Speech: noun neuter
Relation: from a derivative of G2378
Citing in TDNT: 3:180, 342
Usage:
This word is used 23 times:
Matthew 5:23: "gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy"
Matthew 5:24: "gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled"
Matthew 23:18: "Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but"
Matthew 23:19: "gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift"
Matthew 23:20: "Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it,"
Matthew 23:35: "temple and the altar."
Luke 1:11: "on the right side of the altar of incense."
Luke 11:51: "which perished between the altar and the temple: verily"
Romans 11:3: "and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and"
1 Corinthians 9:13: "temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?"
1 Corinthians 9:13: "altar are partakers with the altar?"
1 Corinthians 10:18: "sacrifices partakers of the altar?"
Hebrews 7:13: "no man gave attendance at the altar."
Hebrews 13:10: "We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat"
James 2:21: "son upon the altar?"
Revelation 6:9: "I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for"
Revelation 8:3: "stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and"
Revelation 8:3: "upon the golden altar which was before the throne."
Revelation 8:5: "with fire of the altar, and cast it into the"
Revelation 9:13: "horns of the golden altar which is before God,"
Revelation 11:1: "of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein."
Revelation 14:18: "came out from the altar, which had power over fire;"
Revelation 16:7: "another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God"
