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Strong's G2379 θυσιαστήριον (thysiasterion)

Thysiasterion means “altar” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2379 — chazoth (“sight”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2379
Language Greek
Linked Usages 374
Books 39

Strong's G2379 Quick Answer

Strong's G2379 θυσιαστήριον (thusiasterion) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. thusiasterion (thoo-see-as-tay'-ree-on) n. 1. a place of sacrifice, i.e. an altar {special or genitive case, literal or figurative} It has 374 linked Bible usages across 39 books. Visible English usage signals include altar, lord, offering, burnt, and blood. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
thusiasterion (thoo-see-as-tay'-ree-on) n. 1. a place of sacrifice, i.e. an altar {special or genitive case, literal or figurative}
Usage
374 linked usages
Books
39 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
altar, lord, offering, burnt, and blood

Meaning and Definition

thusiasterion (thoo-see-as-tay'-ree-on) n. 1. a place of sacrifice, i.e. an altar {special or genitive case, literal or figurative} [from a derivative of G2378] KJV: altar Root(s): G2378

Original Word
θυσιαστήριον
Transliteration
thusiasterion
Derivation
Root: θυσία R1: 2378
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2379. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

altar

Usage: θυσιαστήριον, -ου, τό (θυσιάζω, to sacrifice), [in LXX (where the word first appears) very freq., nearly always for מַדְבַּח ;] an altar: __(a) generally, Jas.2:21; pl., Rom.11:3 (LXX); metaphorically, Heb.13:10 (see Westc., in l, and esp. his add, note on the history of the word, 455 ff.); __(b) of the altar of burnt-offering in the Temple, Mat.5:23-24 23:18-20, 35, Luk.11:51, 1Co.9:13 10:18, Heb.7:13, Rev.11:1; __(with) of the altar of incense in the sanctuary (Exo.30:1, al.), Luk.1:11;

symbolically in Heaven, Rev.6:9 8:3 9:13 14:18 16:7 (Cremer, 292).† (AS)

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

altar lord offering burnt blood its shalt put priest whole aaron sons

How Strong's G2379 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 310 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2379 (θυσιαστήριον) appears 419 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G2379 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2379 in the New Testament

21 indexed usages in New Testament.

Strong's G2379 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

310 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 8:20 Septuagint / Brenton

And Noah built an altar to the Lord, and took of all clean beasts, and of all clean birds, and offered a whole burnt offering upon the altar.

Genesis 12:7 Septuagint / Brenton

And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him, I will give this land to thy seed. And Abram built an altar there to the Lord, who appeared to him.

Genesis 12:8 Septuagint / Brenton

And he departed thence to the mountain eastward of Bethel, and there he pitched his tent in Bethel near the sea, and Ai toward the east, and there he built an altar to the Lord, and called on the name of the Lord.

Strong's G2379 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

43 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2379.

Genesis 8:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Noah built an altar to the Lord, and took of all clean beasts, and of all clean birds, and offered a whole burnt offering upon the altar.
Genesis 12:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord appeared to Abram, and said to him, I will give this land to thy seed. And Abram built an altar there to the Lord, who appeared to him.
Genesis 12:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he departed thence to the mountain eastward of Bethel, and there he pitched his tent in Bethel near the sea, and Ai toward the east, and there he built an altar to the Lord, and called on the name of the Lord.
Genesis 13:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
to the place of the altar, which he built there at first, and Abram there called on the name of the Lord.
Genesis 13:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abram having removed his tent, came and dwelt by the oak of Mamre, which was in Hebron, and he there built an altar to the Lord.
Genesis 22:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
came to the place which God spoke of to him; and there Abraham built the altar, and laid the wood on it, and having bound the feet of Isaac his son together, he laid him on the altar upon the wood.
Genesis 26:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he built there an altar, and called on the name of the Lord, and there he pitched his tent, and there the servants of Isaac dug a well in the Valley of Gerar.
Genesis 33:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he set up there an altar, and called on the God of Israel.
Genesis 35:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to the place, Bethel, and dwell there; and make there an altar to the God that appeared to thee, when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
Genesis 35:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And let us rise and go up to Bethel, and let us there make an altar to God who hearkened to me in the day of calamity, who was with me, and preserved me throughout in the journey, by which I went.
Genesis 35:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he built there an altar, and called the name of the place Bethel; for there God appeared to him, when he fled from the face of his brother Esau.
Exodus 17:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses built an altar to the Lord, and called the name of it, The Lord my Refuge.
Exodus 20:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall make to me an altar of earth; and upon it ye shall sacrifice your whole burnt offerings, and your peace offerings, and your sheep and your calves in every place, where I shall record my name; and I will come to thee and bless thee.
Exodus 20:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if thou wilt make to me an altar of stones, thou shalt not build them hewn stones; for thou hast lifted up thy tool upon them, and they are defiled.
Exodus 20:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not go up to my altar by steps, that thou mayest not uncover thy nakedness upon it.
Exodus 21:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if anyone lie in wait for his neighbor to slay him by craft, and he go for refuge, thou shalt take him from mine altar to put him to death.
Exodus 24:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses wrote all the words of the Lord; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the mountain, and set up twelve stones for the twelve tribes of Israel.
Exodus 24:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses took half the blood and poured it into bowls, and half the blood he poured out upon the altar.
Exodus 27:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt make an altar of incorruptible wood, of five cubits in the length, and five cubits in the breadth; the altar shall be square, and the height of it shall be of three cubits.
Exodus 27:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt make a rim for the altar; and its covering and its cups, and its fleshhooks, and its fire pan, and all its vessels shalt thou make of brass.
Exodus 27:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt put them below under the grate of the altar, and the grate shall extend to the middle of the altar.
Exodus 27:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt make for the altar staffs of incorruptible wood, and thou shalt overlay them with brass.
Exodus 27:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt put the staffs into the rings; and let the staffs be on the sides of the altar to carry it.
Exodus 28:43 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
it is a perpetual statute for him, and for his seed after him.
Exodus 29:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt take of the blood of the calf, and put it on the horns of the altar with thy finger, but all the rest of the blood thou shalt pour out at the foot of the altar.
Exodus 29:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt take all the fat that is on the belly, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and shalt put them upon the altar.
Exodus 29:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt kill it, and take the blood and pour it on the altar round about.
Exodus 29:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt offer the whole ram on the altar, a whole burnt offering to the Lord for a sweet-smelling savor: it is an offering of incense to the Lord.
Exodus 29:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt take of the blood from the altar, and of the anointing oil; and thou shalt sprinkle it upon Aaron and on his garments, and on his sons and on his sons’ garments with him; and he shall be sanctified and his apparel, and his sons and his sons’ apparel with him: but the blood of the ram thou shalt pour round about upon the altar.
Exodus 29:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt take them from their hands, and shalt offer them up on the altar of whole burnt offering for a sweet-smelling savor before the Lord: it is an offering to the Lord.
Exodus 29:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt sacrifice the calf of the sin offering on the day of purification, and thou shalt purify the altar when thou dost perform consecration upon it, and thou shalt anoint it so as to sanctify it.
Exodus 29:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Seven days shalt thou purify the altar and sanctify it; and the altar shall be most holy, everyone that touches the altar shall be hallowed.
Exodus 29:38 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And these are the offerings which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two unblemished lambs of a year old daily on the altar continually, a constant offering.
Exodus 29:44 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will sanctify the tabernacle of testimony and the altar, and I will sanctify Aaron and his sons, to minister as priests to me.
Exodus 30:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt make the altar of incense of incorruptible wood.
Exodus 30:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Make a brazen laver, and a brazen base for it, for washing; and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of witness and the altar, and thou shalt pour forth water into it.
Exodus 30:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Whensoever they shall go into the tabernacle of witness, they shall wash themselves with water, so they shall not die, whensoever they advance to the altar to do service and to offer the whole burnt offerings to the Lord.
Exodus 30:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and all its furniture, and the candlestick and all its furniture, and the altar of incense,
Exodus 30:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the altar of whole burnt offerings and all its furniture, and the table and all its furniture, and the laver.
Exodus 31:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the altars, and the table and all its furniture,
Exodus 32:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Aaron having seen it built an altar before it, and Aaron made proclamation saying, Tomorrow is a feast of the Lord.
Exodus 35:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,
Exodus 38:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He made the brazen altar of the brazen censers, which belonged to the men engaged in sedition with the gathering of Korah.
Exodus 38:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He made all the vessels of the altar and its grate, and its base, and its bowls, and the brazen fleshhooks.
Exodus 38:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He made an appendage for the altar of network under the grate, beneath it as far as the middle of it; and he fastened to it four brazen rings on the four parts of the appendage of the altar, wide enough for the bars, so as to bear the altar with them.
Exodus 38:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he made the laver, that at it Moses and Aaron and his sons might wash their hands and their feet: when they went into the tabernacle of witness, or whensoever they should advance to the altar to do service, they washed at it, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Exodus 39:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the bases of the court round about, and the bases of the gate of the court, and the pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court round about;
Exodus 39:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the ark of the covenant, and its bearers, and the altar and all its furniture.
Exodus 40:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt place the golden altar, to burn incense before the ark; and thou shalt put a covering of a veil on the door of the tabernacle of witness.
Exodus 40:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt put the altar of burnt offerings by the doors of the tabernacle of witness,
Exodus 40:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt anoint the altar of burnt offerings, and all its furniture; and thou shalt hallow the altar, and the altar shall be most holy.
Exodus 40:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he put the golden altar in the tabernacle of witness before the veil;
Exodus 40:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he put the altar of the burnt offerings by the doors of the tabernacle.
Exodus 40:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he set up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar; and Moses accomplished all the works.
Leviticus 1:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall slay the calf before the Lord; and the sons of Aaron the priests shall bring the blood, and they shall pour the blood round about on the altar, which is at the doors of the tabernacle of witness.
Leviticus 1:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Aaron the priests shall put fire on the altar, and shall pile wood on the fire.
Leviticus 1:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Aaron the priests shall pile up the divided parts, and the head, and the fat on the wood on the fire, the wood which is on the altar.
Leviticus 1:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the entrails and the feet they shall wash in water, and the priests shall put all on the altar: it is a burnt offering, a sacrifice, a smell of sweet savor to the Lord.
Leviticus 1:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall lay his hand on its head; and they shall kill it by the side of the altar, toward the north before the Lord, and the sons of Aaron the priests shall pour its blood on the altar round about.
Leviticus 1:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall divide it by its limbs, and its head and its fat, and the priests shall pile them up on the wood which is on the fire, on the altar.
Leviticus 1:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall wash the entrails and the feet with water, and the priest shall bring all the parts and put them on the altar: it is a burnt offering, a sacrifice, a smell of sweet savor to the Lord.
Leviticus 1:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall bring it to the altar, and shall wring off its head; and the priest shall put it on the altar, and shall wring out the blood at the bottom of the altar.
Leviticus 1:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall take away the crop with the feathers, and shall cast it forth by the altar toward the east to the place of the ashes.
Leviticus 1:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall break it off from the wings and shall not separate it, and the priest shall put it on the altar on the wood which is on the fire: it is a burnt offering, a sacrifice, a sweet-smelling savor to the Lord.
Leviticus 2:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall bring it to the priests the sons of Aaron: and having taken from it a handful of the fine flour with the oil, and all its frankincense, then the priest shall put the memorial of it on the altar: it is a sacrifice, an odor of sweet savor to the Lord.
Leviticus 2:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall offer the sacrifice which he shall make of these to the Lord, and shall bring it to the priest.
Leviticus 2:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall approach the altar, and shall take away from the sacrifice a memorial of it, and the priest shall place it on the altar: a burnt offering, a smell of sweet savor to the Lord.
Leviticus 2:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall bring them in the way of fruits to the Lord, but they shall not be offered on the altar for a sweet-smelling savor to the Lord.
Leviticus 3:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall lay his hands on the head of the gift, and shall slay it before the Lord, by the doors of the tabernacle of witness. And the priests the sons of Aaron shall pour the blood on the altar of burnt offerings round about.
Leviticus 3:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priests the sons of Aaron shall offer them on the altar on the burnt offering, on the wood which is on the fire upon the altar: it is a burnt offering, a smell of sweet savor to the Lord.
Leviticus 3:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall lay his hands on the head of his offering, and shall slay it by the doors of the tabernacle of witness; and the priests the sons of Aaron shall pour out the blood on the altar round about.
Leviticus 3:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
the priest shall offer these on the altar: it is a sacrifice of sweet savor, a burnt offering to the Lord.
Leviticus 3:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall lay his hands on its head; and they shall slay it before the Lord by the doors of the tabernacle of witness; and the priests the sons of Aaron shall pour out the blood on the altar round about.
Leviticus 3:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall offer it upon the altar: it is a burnt offering, a smell of sweet savor to the Lord. All the fat belongs to the Lord.
Leviticus 4:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall put of the blood of the calf on the horns of the altar of the compound incense which is before the Lord, which is in the tabernacle of witness; and all the blood of the calf shall he pour out by the foot of the altar of whole burnt offerings, which is by the doors of the tabernacle of witness.
Leviticus 4:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
as he takes it away from the calf of the sacrifice of peace offering, so shall the priest offer it on the altar of burnt offering.
Leviticus 4:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of the incense of composition, which is before the Lord, which is in the tabernacle of witness; and he shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of whole burnt offerings, which is by the door of the tabernacle of witness.
Leviticus 4:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall take away all the fat from it, and shall offer it up on the altar.
Leviticus 4:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall put some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger on the horns of the altar of whole burnt offering; and he shall pour out all its blood by the bottom of the altar of whole burnt offerings.
Leviticus 4:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall offer up all his fat on the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.
Leviticus 4:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall take of its blood with his finger, and shall put it on the horns of the altar of whole burnt offerings; and all its blood he shall pour forth by the foot of the altar.
Leviticus 4:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall take away all the fat, as the fat is taken away from the sacrifice of peace offering, and the priest shall offer it on the altar for a smell of sweet savor to the Lord; and the priest shall make atonement for him, and his sin shall be forgiven him.
Leviticus 4:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and shall put it on the horns of the altar of whole burnt offerings, and he shall pour out all its blood by the bottom of the altar of whole burnt offering.
Leviticus 4:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall take away all his fat, as the fat of the lamb of the sacrifice of peace offering is taken away, and the priest shall put it on the altar for a whole burnt offering to the Lord; and the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin which he sinned, and it shall be forgiven him.
Leviticus 5:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, but the rest of the blood he shall drop at the foot of the altar, for it is a sin offering.
Leviticus 5:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall bring it to the priest; and the priest having taken a handful of it, shall lay the memorial of it on the altar of whole burnt offerings to the Lord; it is a sin offering.
Leviticus 6:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Charge Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of whole burnt offering; this is the whole burnt offering in its burning on the altar all the night till the morning; and the fire of the altar shall burn on it, it shall not be put out.
Leviticus 6:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall put on the linen tunic, and he shall put the linen drawers on his body; and shall take away that which has been thoroughly burned, which the fire shall have consumed, even the whole burnt offering from the altar, and he shall put it near the altar.
Leviticus 6:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it, and shall not be extinguished; and the priest shall burn on it wood every morning, and shall heap on it the whole burnt offering, and shall lay on it the fat of the peace offering.
Leviticus 6:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the fire shall always burn on the altar; it shall not be extinguished.
Leviticus 6:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
This is the law of the sacrifice, which the sons of Aaron shall bring near before the Lord, before the altar.
Leviticus 6:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall take from it a handful of the fine flour of the sacrifice with its oil, and with all its frankincense, which are upon the sacrifice; and he shall offer up on the altar a burnt offering as a sweet-smelling savor, a memorial of it to the Lord.
Leviticus 7:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In the place where they slay the whole burnt offering, they shall slay the ram of the trespass offering before the Lord, and he shall pour out the blood at the bottom of the altar round about.
Leviticus 7:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall offer them on the altar a burnt offering to the Lord; it is for trespass.
Leviticus 7:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall offer the fat upon the altar, and the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons,
Leviticus 8:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and sprinkled of it seven times on the altar; and anointed the altar, and hallowed it, and all things on it, and the laver, and its foot, and sanctified them; and anointed the tabernacle and all its furniture, and hallowed it.
Leviticus 8:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood, and put it on the horns of the altar round about with his finger; and he purified the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make atonement upon it.
Leviticus 8:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses took all the fat that was upon the innards, and the lobe on the liver, and both the kidneys, and the fat that was upon them, and Moses offered them on the altar.
Leviticus 8:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he divided the ram by its limbs, and Moses offered the head, and the limbs, and the fat; and he washed the belly and the feet with water.
Leviticus 8:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses brought the second ram, the ram of consecration, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram, and he slew him;
Leviticus 8:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he took the fat, and the rump, and the fat on the belly, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder.
Leviticus 8:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses took the breast, and separated it for a heave offering before the Lord, from the ram of consecration; and it became Moses’ portion, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Leviticus 8:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he sanctified Aaron and his garments, and his sons, and the garments of his sons with him.
Leviticus 9:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses said to Aaron, Draw nigh to the altar, and offer thy sin offering, and thy whole burnt offering, and make atonement for thyself, and for thy house; and offer the gifts of the people, and make atonement for them, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Leviticus 9:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Aaron drew nigh to the altar, and slew the calf of his sin offering.
Leviticus 9:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Aaron brought the blood to him, and he dipped his finger into the blood, and put it on the horns of the altar, and he poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar.
Leviticus 9:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he offered up on the altar the fat and the kidneys and the lobe of the liver of the sin offering, according as the Lord commanded Moses.
Leviticus 9:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he slew the whole burnt offering; and the sons of Aaron brought the blood to him, and he poured it on the altar round about.
Leviticus 9:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they brought the whole burnt offering, according to its pieces; them and the head he put upon the altar.
Leviticus 9:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he washed the belly and the feet with water, and he put them on the whole burnt offering on the altar.
Leviticus 9:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he brought the sacrifice and filled his hands with it, and laid it on the altar, besides the morning whole burnt offering.
Leviticus 9:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he slew the calf, and the ram of the sacrifice of peace offering of the people; and the sons of Aaron brought the blood to him, and he poured it out on the altar round about.
Leviticus 9:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he put the fat on the breasts, and offered the fat on the altar.
Leviticus 9:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And fire came forth from the Lord, and devoured the offerings on the altar, both the whole burnt offerings and the fat; and all the people saw, and were amazed, and fell upon their faces.
Leviticus 10:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall not drink wine nor strong drink, thou and thy sons with thee, whensoever ye enter into the tabernacle of witness, or when ye approach the altar, so shall ye not die; it is a perpetual statute for your generations,
Leviticus 10:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron who survived, Take the sacrifice that is left of the burnt offerings of the Lord, and ye shall eat unleavened bread by the altar: it is most holy.
Leviticus 14:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall offer the whole burnt offering, and the sacrifice upon the altar before the Lord; and the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be cleansed.
Leviticus 16:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall take his censer full of coals of fire off the altar, which is before the Lord; and he shall fill his hands with fine compound incense, and shall bring it within the veil.
Leviticus 16:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall come forth to the altar that is before the Lord, and he shall make atonement upon it; and he shall take of the blood of the calf, and of the blood of the goat, and shall put it on the horns of the altar round about.
Leviticus 16:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he shall finish making atonement for the sanctuary and for the tabernacle of witness, and for the altar; and he shall make a cleansing for the priests, and he shall bring the living goat;

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2379, grouped by book.

Genesis 11 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 43 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 72 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 18 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 10 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 28 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 18 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 35 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 17 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Malachi 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 6 usages, New Testament
Luke 2 usages, New Testament
Romans 1 usage, New Testament
1 Corinthians 2 usages, New Testament
Hebrews 2 usages, New Testament
James 1 usage, New Testament
Revelation 7 usages, New Testament
1 Esdras 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 15 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 12 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Baruch 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G2379 FAQ

What does thysiasterion (θυσιαστήριον) mean?

Thysiasterion (Strong's G2379) is a Greek word most simply glossed "altar". thusiasterion (thoo-see-as-tay'-ree-on) n. 1. a place of sacrifice, i.e. an altar {special or genitive case, literal or figurative}

How many times is thysiasterion (θυσιαστήριον) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 374 linked usages for Strong's G2379 across 39 books.

Where can I study thysiasterion (θυσιαστήριον) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2379 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate thysiasterion (θυσιαστήριον)?

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Does Strong's G2379 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 310 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 43 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2379, with linked reader references where each row is available.