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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Altar

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

378exact KJV occurrences 355Old Testament 23New Testament 30books containing the word 5mapped Strong's IDs 377occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 8:20

And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 16:7

And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where altar appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Genesis 1311 verses Exodus 5950 verses Leviticus 8771 verses Numbers 2423 verses Deuteronomy 86 verses Joshua 1512 verses Judges 119 verses 1 Samuel 54 verses 2 Samuel 33 verses 1 Kings 3427 verses 2 Kings 1913 verses 1 Chronicles 108 verses 2 Chronicles 2523 verses Ezra 33 verses Nehemiah 11 verses Psalms 44 verses Isaiah 66 verses Lamentations 11 verses Ezekiel 1715 verses Joel 22 verses Amos 33 verses Zechariah 22 verses Malachi 33 verses Matthew 66 verses Luke 22 verses Acts 11 verses 1 Corinthians 32 verses Hebrews 22 verses James 11 verses Revelation 87 verses
ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

GreekG2379
θυσιαστήριον

thysiastḗrion · thoo-see-as-tay'-ree-on

22 times translated as this KJV form23 total Strong's occurrences

a place of sacrifice, i.e. an altar (special or genitive case, literal or figurative)

Strong's KJV usage: :--altar.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Matthew 5:23Strong's last: Revelation 16:7

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GreekG1041
βωμός

bōmós · bo'-mos

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

properly, a stand, i.e. (specially) an altar

Strong's KJV usage: :--altar.

Strong's first: Acts 17:23Strong's last: Acts 17:23

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AramaicH4056
מַדְבַּח

madbach · mad-bakh'

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

a sacrificial altar

Strong's KJV usage: altar.

Strong's first: Ezra 7:17Strong's last: Ezra 7:17

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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59 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

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Exodus 29:37
H4196

Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.

Exodus 29:38
H4196

Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually.

Exodus 29:44
H4196

And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest's office.

Exodus 30:1
H4196

And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it.

Exodus 30:18
H4196

Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.

Exodus 30:20
H4196

When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD:

Exodus 30:27
H4196

And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense,

Exodus 30:28
H4196

And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot.

Exodus 31:8
H4196

And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense,

Exodus 31:9
H4196

And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the laver and his foot,

Exodus 32:5
H4196

And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.

Exodus 35:15
H4196

And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle,

Exodus 35:16
H4196

The altar of burnt offering, with his brasen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,

Exodus 37:25
H4196

And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same.

Exodus 38:1
H4196

And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof.

Exodus 38:3
H4196

And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass.

Exodus 38:4
H4196

And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it.

Exodus 38:7
H4196

And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.

Exodus 38:7
no direct Strong's tag

And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.

Exodus 38:30
H4196

And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar,

Exodus 38:30
H4196

And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brasen altar, and the brasen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar,

Exodus 39:38
H4196

And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door,

Exodus 39:39
H4196

The brasen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot,

Exodus 40:5
H4196

And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle.

Exodus 40:6
H4196

And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

altar

AL'TAR, noun [Latin altare, probably from the same root as altus, high.

1. A mount; a table or elevated place, on which sacrifices where anciently offered to some deity. Altars were originally made of turf, afterwards of stone, wood or horn; some were round, others square, others triangular. They differed also in height, but all faced the east. The principal altars of the Jews were, the altar of incense, of burnt-offerings, and of shewbread; all of shittim wood, and covered with gold or brass.

2. In modern churches, the communion table; and, figuratively, a church; a place of worship.

3. In scripture, Christ is called the altar of Christians, he being the atoning sacrifice for sin.

We have an altar whereof they have no right to eat, who serve tabernacles. Hebrews 13:10.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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