Greek noun (neuter) · G2379
θυσιαστήριον
thysiasterionthoo-see-as-tay'-ree-on
altar
23 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: thysiastḗrion
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2379is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2379
a place of sacrifice, i.e. an altar (special or genitive case, literal or figurative)
The King James renders it: altar.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
thysiasterion is rendered "altar". It stands 23 times in the Greek text, across seven books.
- Eight of the uses stand in Revelation, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 5:23So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,
Matthew 5:23θυσιαστήριον
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Eight of the word's twenty-three uses are in Revelation.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- altar21
- altars1
- an altar1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| θυσία | thysia | sacrifice | Uses28 |
All 23, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- θυσιαστηρίου11
- θυσιαστήριον6
- θυσιαστηρίῳ5
- θυσιαστήριά1
The grammar of each form
- noun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singular11N-GSN
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter singular5N-ASN
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singular5N-DSN
- noun · accusative (object) · neuter plural1N-APN
- noun · nominative (subject) · neuter singular1N-NSN
Matthew
six uses
So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,
- θυσιαστήριονthusiasterionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: altar
leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.
- θυσιαστηρίουthusiasteriounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: altar
And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.’
- θυσιαστηρίῳthusiasterionoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: altar
You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?
- θυσιαστήριονthusiasterionnoun · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: altar
So then, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.
- θυσιαστηρίῳthusiasterionoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: altar
And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.
- θυσιαστηρίουthusiasteriounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: altar
Luke
two uses
Just then an angel of the Lord appeared to Zechariah, standing at the right side of the altar of incense.
- θυσιαστηρίουthusiasteriounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: altar
from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to this generation.
- θυσιαστηρίουthusiasteriounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: altar
Romans
one use
“Lord, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars. I am the only one left, and they are seeking my life as well”?
- θυσιαστήριάthusiasterianoun · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: altars
1 Corinthians
three uses
Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings?
- θυσιαστηρίῳthusiasterionoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: altar
- θυσιαστηρίῳthusiasterionoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: altar
Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?
- θυσιαστηρίουthusiasteriounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: altar
Hebrews
two uses
He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar.
- θυσιαστηρίῳthusiasterionoun · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: altar
We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat.
- θυσιαστήριονthusiasterionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: an altar
James
one use
Was not our father Abraham justified by what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
- θυσιαστήριονthusiasterionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: altar
Revelation
eight uses
And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had upheld.
- θυσιαστηρίουthusiasteriounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: altar
Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne.
- θυσιαστηρίουthusiasteriounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: altar
- θυσιαστήριονthusiasterionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: altar
Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth; and there were peals of thunder, and rumblings, and flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.
- θυσιαστηρίουthusiasteriounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: altar
Then the sixth angel sounded his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar before God
- θυσιαστηρίουthusiasteriounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: altar
Then I was given a measuring rod like a staff and was told, “Go and measure the temple of God and the altar, and count the number of worshipers there.
- θυσιαστήριονthusiasterionnoun · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: altar
Still another angel, with authority over the fire, came from the altar and called out in a loud voice to the angel with the sharp sickle, “Swing your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the vine of the earth, because its grapes are ripe.”
- θυσιαστηρίουthusiasteriounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: altar
And I heard the altar reply: “Yes, Lord God Almighty, true and just are Your judgments.”
- θυσιαστηρίουthusiasteriounoun · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: altar
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.