2379. thusiastérion
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thusiastérion: an altar
Original Word: θυσιαστήριον, ου, τό
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: thusiastérion
Phonetic Spelling: (thoo-see-as-tay'-ree-on)
Short Definition: an altar
Definition: an altar (for sacrifice).

HELPS word-Studies

2379 thysiastḗrionaltar; (figuratively) the meeting place between God and the true worshiper; (figuratively) the "place" of consecration, where the Lord meets and communes with the sincere believer.

2379 /thysiastḗrion ("a sacred altar") is formed (present) anywhere the believer hears from God and does what they hear (lives in faith). Accordingly, 2379 (thysiastḗrion) and faith (4102 /pístis, "the Lord's inbirthed persuasion") are directly connected (Js 2:21-24).

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from a derivation of thusia and -térion (suff. denoting place)
Definition
an altar
NASB Translation
altar (23), altars (1).

Thayer's
STRONGS NT 2379: θυσιαστήριον

θυσιαστήριον, θυσιαστηρίου, τό (neuter of the adjective θυσιαστηριος (cf. Winer's Grammar, 96 (91)), and this from θυσιάζω to sacrifice), a word found only in Philo (e. g. vita Moys. iii. § 10, cf. § 7; Josephus, Antiquities 8, 4, 1) and the Biblical and ecclesiastical writings; the Sept. times without number for מִזְבֵּחַ; properly, an altar for the slaying and burning of victims; used of:

1. the altar of whole burnt-offerings which stood in the court of the priests in the temple at Jerusalem (B. D. under the word ): Matthew 5:23; Matthew 23:18-20, 35; Luke 11:51; 1 Corinthians 9:13; 1 Corinthians 10:18; Hebrews 7:13; Revelation 11:1.

2. the altar of incense, which stood in the sanctuary or Holy place (B. D. as above): τό θυσιαστήριον τοῦ θυμιάματος, Luke 1:11 (Exodus 30:1); (symbolically) in Heaven: Revelation 6:9; Revelation 8:3, 5; Revelation 9:13; Revelation 14:18; Revelation 16:7.

3. any other altar, James 2:21; plural Romans 11:3; metaphorically, the cross on which Christ suffered an expiatory death: to eat of this altar i. e. to appropriate to oneself the fruits of Christ's expiatory death, Hebrews 13:10.



Strong's
altar.

From a derivative of thusia; a place of sacrifice, i.e. An altar (special or genitive case, literal or figurative) -- altar.

see GREEK thusia

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