thysiastērion · altar

What it means

thysiastērion (θυσιαστήριον) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “altar”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The place in the temple where offerings were made to God.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• altar ×22
• altars ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×6
• Luke×2
• Romans×1
• 1 Corinthians×3
• Hebrews×2
• James×1
• Revelation×8

• Matthew 5:23

  So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you,

• Matthew 5:24

  leave your gift there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

• Matthew 23:18

  And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it is bound.’

• Matthew 23:19

  Blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that sanctifies the gift?

• Matthew 23:20

  So the one who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it;

• Matthew 23:35

  so that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

• Luke 1:11

  And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord, standing at the right of the altar of incense.

• Luke 11:51

  from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the house; yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation.

• Romans 11:3

  Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have torn down your altars, and I alone am left, and they are seeking my life.

• 1 Corinthians 9:13

  Do you not know that those who perform the sacred services eat the food from the temple, and those who attend the altar share with the altar?

• 1 Corinthians 10:18

  Look at Israel according to the flesh: are not those who eat the sacrifices sharers in the altar?

• Hebrews 7:13

  For the one about whom these things are said has belonged to another tribe, from which no one has served at the altar.

• Hebrews 13:10

  We have an altar from which those who worship in the tent have no right to eat.

• James 2:21

  Was not Abraham our father declared righteous by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?

• Revelation 6:9

  And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slaughtered because of the word of God and because of the testimony that they held.

• Revelation 8:3

  And another angel came and stood at the altar, holding a golden censer; and much incense was given to him, so that he would offer it with the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar that is before the throne.

• Revelation 8:5

  And the angel took the censer and filled it with the fire of the altar and threw it to the earth; and there were thunders and voices and lightnings and an earthquake.

• Revelation 9:13

  And the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the horns of the golden altar that is before God,

• Revelation 11:1

  And a measuring reed like a staff was given to me, saying, “Get up and measure the sanctuary of God and the altar and those who worship in it.

• Revelation 14:18

  And another angel came out from the altar, the one who has authority over the fire, and he called out with a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, saying, “Send in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, because its grapes are ripe.”

• Revelation 16:7

  And I heard the altar saying, “Yes, Lord God the Almighty, true and righteous are your judgments.”

And 2 more times.