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Word Study · Strong's H4196 · Hebrew

מִזְבֵּחַ

mizbeach

miz-bay'-akh

Strong's 1890 spelling: mizbêach

an altar

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

an altar

Rendered in the KJV as

altar.

  • 401
    occurrencesin the Old Testament
  • 25 of 39
    Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 111
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 401 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 111

  • הַמִּזְבֵּ֖חַ34
  • מִזְבַּ֣ח28
  • הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חַ25
  • הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ23
  • הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃23
  • הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙20
  • מִזְבַּ֥ח17
  • הַמִּזְבֵּ֔חָה13
  • מִזְבֵּ֖חַ12
  • מִזְבֵּ֔חַ12
  • מִזְבַּ֤ח10
  • הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חָה9

and 99 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 32

  • the altar156
  • [the] altar of63
  • an altar38
  • the altar towards32
  • altars14
  • the altars11
  • altars their10
  • altar my8
  • altars your7
  • to the altar6
  • altar your5
  • an altar of5

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 24

  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular156
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)69
  • noun · masculine singular45
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular + directional ending (“toward”)32
  • preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular18
  • noun · feminine plural14
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural11
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural10
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular8
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular5
  • noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular5
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural4
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • HTd/Ncmsa · 156
  • HNcmsc · 69
  • HNcmsa · 45
  • HTd/Ncmsa/Sd · 32
  • HRd/Ncmsa · 18
  • HNcfpa · 14
  • HTd/Ncfpa · 11
  • HNcfpc/Sp3mp · 10
  • HNcmsc/Sp1bs · 8
  • HNcfpc/Sp3ms · 5
  • HNcmsc/Sp2ms · 5
  • HNcfpc/Sp2mp · 4

All 401, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Leviticus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Genesis13 occurrences
Exodus59 occurrences
Leviticus87 occurrences
Numbers29 occurrences
Deuteronomy10 occurrences
Joshua15 occurrences
Judges12 occurrences
1 Samuel5 occurrences
2 Samuel3 occurrences
1 Kings35 occurrences
2 Kings28 occurrences
1 Chronicles10 occurrences
2 Chronicles39 occurrences
Ezra2 occurrences
Nehemiah1 occurrence
Psalms5 occurrences
Isaiah8 occurrences
Jeremiah4 occurrences
Lamentations1 occurrence
Ezekiel18 occurrences
Hosea6 occurrences
Joel2 occurrences
Amos4 occurrences
Zechariah2 occurrences
Malachi3 occurrences
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).