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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

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HebrewH4196

מִזְבֵּחַ

mizbêach · miz-bay'-akh

350 times translated as this KJV form402 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

an altar

Strong's KJV usage: altar.

Other KJV renderings

altars 52

Strong's first: Genesis 8:20Strong's last: Malachi 2:13

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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

the altar 7 altars 1

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

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HebrewH741

אֲרִאֵיל

ʼăriʼêyl · ar-ee-ale'

3 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

the altar of the temple

Strong's KJV usage: altar.

Strong's first: Ezekiel 43:15Strong's last: Ezekiel 43:16

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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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Leviticus 1:5

H4196

And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Leviticus 1:7

H4196

And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire:

Leviticus 1:8

H4196

And the priests, Aaron's sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:

Leviticus 1:9

H4196

But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

Leviticus 1:11

H4196

And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar.

Leviticus 1:11

H4196

And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar.

Leviticus 1:12

H4196

And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat: and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar:

Leviticus 1:13

H4196

But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

Leviticus 1:15

H4196

And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar:

Leviticus 1:15

H4196

And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar:

Leviticus 1:15

H4196

And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar:

Leviticus 1:16

H4196

And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes:

Leviticus 1:17

H4196

And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

Leviticus 2:2

H4196

And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD:

Leviticus 2:8

H4196

And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of these things unto the LORD: and when it is presented unto the priest, he shall bring it unto the altar.

Leviticus 2:9

H4196

And the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorial thereof, and shall burn it upon the altar: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

Leviticus 2:12

H4196

As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour.

Leviticus 3:2

H4196

And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.

Leviticus 3:5

H4196

And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

Leviticus 3:8

H4196

And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar.

Leviticus 3:11

H4196

And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire unto the LORD.

Leviticus 3:13

H4196

And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about.

Leviticus 3:16

H4196

And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the LORD's.

Leviticus 4:7

H4196

And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Leviticus 4:7

H4196

And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle 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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