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θυσιαστήριον
thysiastḗrion · Greek · Strong's G2379 · 23 occurrences
The KJV renders 3 different Hebrew and Greek words as “altar”
What it means
a place of sacrifice, i.e. an altar (special or genitive case, literal or figurative)
from a derivative of G2378 (θυσία);
How the KJV renders it
altar
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
Questions this word decides
- Should Christians pray to saints?
- Is tithing required for Christians?
- What does James 2:24 mean ('justified by works and not by faith alone')?
- Are the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonical) books inspired scripture?
- Are we saved by faith alone, or by faith plus works?
Where it appears
23 occurrences in the Greek text, first 21 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 9:13 N-DSN1 Corinthians 10:18 N-GSNHebrews 7:13 N-DSNHebrews 13:10 N-ASNJames 2:21 N-ASNLuke 1:11 N-GSNLuke 11:51 N-GSNMatthew 5:23 N-ASNMatthew 5:24 N-GSNMatthew 23:18 N-DSNMatthew 23:19 N-NSNMatthew 23:20 N-DSNMatthew 23:35 N-GSNRevelation 6:9 N-GSNRevelation 8:3 N-ASNRevelation 8:5 N-GSNRevelation 9:13 N-GSNRevelation 11:1 N-ASNRevelation 14:18 N-GSNRevelation 16:7 N-GSNRomans 11:3 N-APN
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.