ΘΥΣΙΑΣΤΗΡΙΑ, θυσιαστηρια
THYSIASTĒRIA, thysiastēria
Sounds Like: thoo-see-as-TEE-ree-ah
Translations: altars
From the root: ΘΥΣΙΑΣΤΗΡΙΟΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to altars, which were raised structures or places where sacrifices or offerings were made to a deity. In ancient religious practices, altars were central to worship and ritual, serving as the site for burning offerings, pouring libations, or performing other sacred acts. The form provided is plural, indicating multiple such structures.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G2379 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 12 — 5:250
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 39:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 31:8
- Numbers — 3:31
- Judges — 2:2
- 1 Kings — 19:10, 19:14
- 2 Kings — 11:18, 18:22, 23:12
- 2 Chronicles — 14:3, 14:5, 23:17, 28:24, 30:14, 33:4, 33:5, 33:15, 34:4, 34:5, 34:7
- Psalms — 83:4
- Ezekiel — 6:4, 6:6
- Hosea — 8:11, 8:12, 10:1, 10:2, 10:8, 12:11
- Amos — 3:14
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Romans — 11:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΘΥΣΙΑΣΤΗΡΙΟΝ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΘΥΣΙΑΣΤΗΡΙΟ — altar, an altar
- ΘΥΣΙΑΣΤΗΡΙΟΝ — altar, an altar
- ΘΥΣΙΑΣΤΗΡΙΟΥ — of an altar, of the altar, altar
- ΘΥΣΙΑΣΤΗΡΙΩ — to an altar, at an altar, for an altar
- ΘΥΣΙΑΣΤΗΡΙΩΝ — of altars
- ΘΥΣΙΑΤΗΡΙΑ — altars, an altar
- ΤΗΡ?? — altar, an altar
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