{"query": "Easton: Altar", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_e4bfef18f9ff", "title": "Easton: Altar", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Heb. mizbe’ah, from a word meaning “to slay”), any structure of earth (Ex. 20:24) or unwrought stone (20:25) on which sacrifices were offered. Altars were generally erected in conspicuous places (Gen"}, {"id": "card_src_lex_h2025", "title": "H2025 — הַרְאֵל (har.el): altar", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "הַרְאֵל (har.el), Strong's H2025: altar. altar, altar hearth"}, {"id": "card_src_lex_h741", "title": "H741 — אֲרִאֵיל (a.ri.el): altar", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "אֲרִאֵיל (a.ri.el), Strong's H741: altar. hearth, altar hearth, altar"}, {"id": "card_src_lex_h4056", "title": "H4056 — מַדְבַּח (mad.bach): altar", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "מַדְבַּח (mad.bach), Strong's H4056: altar. altar Aramaic of miz.be.ach (מִזְבֵּחַ \"altar\" H4196)"}, {"id": "card_c_m_d41f8d05cde8", "title": "Romans cites Easton: Altar", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Romans cites Easton: Altar."}, {"id": "card_n_d3ca682afeb7", "title": "Easton: High place", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "An eminence, natural or artificial, where worship by sacrifice or offerings was made (1 Kings 13:32; 2 Kings 17:29). The first altar after the Flood was built on a mountain (Gen. 8:20). Abraham also b"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_ezekiel_43_13", "title": "Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 43:13", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Ezekiel 43:13 — This relates to the altar in this mystical temple, and that is mystical too; for Christ is our altar. The Jews, after their return out of captivity, had an altar long before they ha"}, {"id": "card_src_lex_g2379", "title": "G2379 — θυσιαστήριον (thusiastērion): altar", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "θυσιαστήριον (thusiastērion), Strong's G2379: altar. θυσιαστήριον , -ου, τό (θυσιάζω, to sacrifice), [in LXX (where the word first appears) very freq., nearly always for מַדְבַּח ;] an altar : __(a) g"}, {"id": "card_n_e87676aeee29", "title": "Easton: Pan", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A vessel of metal or earthenware used in culinary operations; a cooking-pan or frying-pan frequently referred to in the Old Testament (Lev. 2:5; 6:21; Num. 11:8; 1 Sam. 2:14, etc.). The “ash-pans” men"}, {"id": "card_n_c5b224d84814", "title": "Easton: Fire", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(1.) For sacred purposes. The sacrifices were consumed by fire (Gen. 8:20). The ever-burning fire on the altar was first kindled from heaven (Lev. 6:9, 13; 9:24), and afterwards rekindled at the dedic"}, {"id": "card_n_ad9dc748d311", "title": "Easton: Horn", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Trumpets were at first horns perforated at the tip, used for various purposes (Josh. 6:4, 5). Flasks or vessels were made of horn (1 Sam. 16:1, 13; 1 Kings 1:39). But the word is used also metaphorica"}, {"id": "card_n_10c1d0425f60", "title": "Easton: Ed", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Witness, a word not found in the original Hebrew, nor in the LXX. and Vulgate, but added by the translators in the Authorized Version, also in the Revised Version, of Josh. 22:34. The words are litera"}, {"id": "card_src_word_high_altar", "title": "high altar", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "high altar: (noun) the main altar in a church"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_amos_9_1", "title": "Matthew Henry on Amos 9:1", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Amos 9:1 — We have here the justice of God passing sentence upon a provoking people; and observe,\nI. With what solemnity the sentence is passed. The prophet saw in vision the Lord standing upon the"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_exodus_30_1", "title": "Matthew Henry on Exodus 30:1", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Exodus 30:1 — I. The orders given concerning the altar of incense are, 1. That it was to be made of wood, and covered with gold, pure gold, about a yard high and half a yard square, with horns at t"}, {"id": "card_src_lex_g6529", "title": "G6529 — αριήλ (ariēl): altar hearth", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "αριήλ (ariēl), Strong's G6529: altar hearth. altar hearth"}, {"id": "card_src_lex_h4196", "title": "H4196 — מִזְבֵּחַ (miz.be.ach): altar", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "מִזְבֵּחַ (miz.be.ach), Strong's H4196: altar. altar"}, {"id": "card_src_book_67247", "title": "The Real Question as to Altar Lights Christ's Body Present by Consecration, and Offered in the Sacrament of the Altar: A Letter to the Rev. John W.H. Molyneux — Edward James Phipps", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Real Question as to Altar Lights Christ's Body Present by Consecration, and Offered in the Sacrament of the Altar: A Letter to the Rev. John W.H. Molyneux, by Edward James Phipps. Subjects: Ritual"}, {"id": "card_n_01a6eb80ed99", "title": "Easton: Urijah", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The lord is my light. (1.) A high priest in the time of Ahaz (2 Kings 16:10-16), at whose bidding he constructed an idolatrous altar like one the king had seen at Damascus, to be set up instead of the"}, {"id": "card_src_lex_g1041", "title": "G1041 — βωμός (bōmos): altar", "shelf": "lexicon", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "βωμός (bōmos), Strong's G1041: altar. βωμός , -οῦ, ὁ (βαίνω), [in LXX (Hex.) for מִזְבֵּחַ, in Proph., chiefly for בָּמָה ;] __1. any raised place, a platform . __2. an altar : Act.17:23 (cf. θυσιαστή"}]}