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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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.
Read in context →And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
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mizbêach · miz-bay'-akh
an altar
Strong's KJV usage: altar.
Strong's first: Genesis 8:20Strong's last: Malachi 2:13
Open full H4196 profile →thysiastḗrion · thoo-see-as-tay'-ree-on
a place of sacrifice, i.e. an altar (special or genitive case, literal or figurative)
Strong's KJV usage: :--altar.
Strong's first: Matthew 5:23Strong's last: Revelation 16:7
Open full G2379 profile →ʼăriʼêyl · ar-ee-ale'
the altar of the temple
Strong's KJV usage: altar.
Strong's first: Ezekiel 43:15Strong's last: Ezekiel 43:16
Open full H741 profile →bōmós · bo'-mos
properly, a stand, i.e. (specially) an altar
Strong's KJV usage: :--altar.
Strong's first: Acts 17:23Strong's last: Acts 17:23
Open full G1041 profile →madbach · mad-bakh'
a sacrificial altar
Strong's KJV usage: altar.
Strong's first: Ezra 7:17Strong's last: Ezra 7:17
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The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.
In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD's house shall be like the bowls before the altar.
Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible.
Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand.
Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;
Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.
For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?
Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?
Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?
For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar.
We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
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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.
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