G2379 – thusiasterion – θυσιαστήριον – altar
- Strong’s ID:
- G2379
- Greek Word:
- θυσιαστήριον
- Transliteration:
- thusiasterion
- Pronunciation:
- thoo-see-as-tay’-ree-on
- Part of Speech:
- noun neuter
- Usage Count:
- 23
- Search:
- Find “thusiasterion” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from a derivative of G2378; a place of sacrifice, i.e. an altar (special or genitive case, literal or figurative):—altar.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) the altar for slaying and burning of victims used of
1a) the altar of whole burnt offerings which stood in the court of the priests in the temple at Jerusalem
1b) the altar of incense which stood in the sanctuary or the Holy Place
1c) any other altar
1c1) metaphorically, the cross on which Christ suffered an expiatory death: to eat of this altar, i.e. to appropriate to one’s self the fruits of Christ’s expiatory death
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.