noun · neuter
thusiastēriem
Strong’sG2379
an altar
stem thusiastēri-23 times in the New Testamentin 7 of 27 books3 of 6 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
θυσιαστήριον means an altar, a place where sacrifice is made or offered 1234.
It is used generally of any altar, including in a figurative sense 1. It is also used specifically of the altar of burnt-offering standing in the Temple 1, and of the altar of incense in the sanctuary, including a symbolic altar described as being in heaven 1.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
† θυσιαστήριον, -ου, τό
(< θυσιάζω, to sacrifice), [in LXX (where the word first appears) very freq., nearly always for מִזְבֵּחַ;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2379 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidthoo-see-as-tay'-ree-on
a place of sacrifice, i.e. an altar (special or genitive case, literal or figurative)
Fromfrom a derivative of G2378;
King Jamesaltar.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
altar,LXX+NT+1st c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | thusiastēriem1×θυσιαστήριον | thusiastērieim |
| of, belonging to genitive | thusiastērieu11×θυσιαστηρίου | thusiastērieiu |
| to, for dative | thusiastērie5×θυσιαστηρίῳ | thusiastēriei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
thusiastērie is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
23 occurrences, every one of them listed
thusiastēriem“altar”subject or objectdirect singular1×
Matthew 23:19… gar megoterem, tem dōrem ē tem thusiastēriem tem hagiazarōntem tem dōrem?… is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?
thusiastērieu“altar”of, belonging togenitive singular11×
Matthew 5:24… ekei tem dōrem su emprosthen teu thusiastērieu kai hupagasōr prōtem diallaxisar to adelfo …leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to …
Matthew 23:35… foneuava metaxu tou naou kai teu thusiastērieu.… murdered between the temple and the altar.
Luke 1:11… angelos kuriou stēarēntos ek dexeiu teu thusiastērieu teu thumiameu.… at the right side of the altar of incense.
Luke 11:51… haimeu Zachariou tou apolerantou metaxu teu thusiastērieu kai tou oikou; nai, legamō vi, …… Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell …
1 Corinthians 10:18… tois esthiarōntois tain thusiain koinōnois teu thusiastērieu alō?… the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?
Revelation 6:9… tan pemptan sfragidan, horama hupokatō teu thusiastērieu tain psuchain toiu sfazorēntoiu dia ton …… fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had …
Revelation 8:3… angelos erchata kai stēita epi teu thusiastērieu echarōntos libanōton chrusouon, kai dōita auto …… censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to …
Revelation 8:5… gemizata auton ek teu pureu teu thusiastērieu, kai balata eis tan gēan; kai …… filled it with fire from the altar, and hurled it to the earth …
Revelation 9:13… fōnan henan ek teiu kerateiu teu thusiastērieu teu chrusoueu teu enōpion tou theou,… the four horns of the golden altar before God
Revelation 14:18kai allosos angelos ek teu thusiastērieu, tos echarōntos exousian epi teu pureu, …… over the fire, came from the altar and called out in a loud …
Revelation 16:7kai akouama teu thusiastērieu legarōnteu; Nai, kurior, tos theor, tos …And I heard the altar reply: “Yes, Lord God Almighty, true …
thusiastērie“altar”to, fordative singular5×
Matthew 23:18kai; Hos an omnuateia en te thusiastērie, oudenem atō, hos de an omnuateia …… say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone …
Matthew 23:20tos oun omnuarantos en te thusiastērie omnuatō en aute kai en pantei …… then, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything …
1 Corinthians 9:13… ek teu hiereu esthialō, tois te thusiastērie paredreuarōntois te thusiastērie summerizolō?… and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings?
1 Corinthians 9:13“altar”… esthialō, tois te thusiastērie paredreuarōntois te thusiastērie summerizolō?… the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of …
Hebrews 7:13… metechatē, apo hau oudenos prosechatē te thusiastērie;… one has ever served at the altar.
thusiastēriem5×
Matthew 5:23… prosferaseiō tem dōrem su epi tem thusiastēriem kakei mimnēskiseia hoti tos adelfos su …… are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother …
Hebrews 13:10echanō thusiastēriem ek heu esthiara ouk echalō exousian …We have an altar from which those who serve at …
James 2:21… Isaak ton huion autou epi tem thusiastēriem?… offered his son Isaac on the altar?
Revelation 8:3… proseuchai toiu hagioiu pantoiu epi tem thusiastēriem tem chrusouem tem enōpion tou thronou.… all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne.
Revelation 11:1… ton naon tou theou kai tem thusiastēriem kai toin proskunarōntoin en auto.… the temple of God and the altar, and count the number of worshipers …
thusiastērieim1×
Romans 11:3Kurior, toin profētoin su apoktenala, teim thusiastērieim su kataskaptala, kamis hupoleipima monos, kai …… Your prophets and torn down Your altars. I am the only one left …