Strong#: | 2379 // yusiasthrion thusiasterion |
Orig: | n n // from a derivative of \\2378\\ |
NASB: | ==>altar(23), altars(1). |
AV=23 | ==>altar 23 |
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Definition: | 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) metaph., 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
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NASB: | an altar: |
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