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τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου καὶ τοῦ οἴκου

Altar · house: home

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θυσιαστήριον G2379 altar
Pronunciation thysiastḗrion
Physical or symbolic platform where sacrificial offerings unite worshiper with God through ritual.
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οἶκος G3624 house: home
Pronunciation oîkos
Physical dwelling expands metonymically to household, family, lineage, and the Church as God's spiritual household.
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What does τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου καὶ τοῦ οἴκου (tou thysiastēriou kai tou oikou) mean in the Bible?

θυσιαστήριον · οἶκος is a Greek word meaning "altar and house/sanctuary".

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Meaning

altar and house/sanctuary
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Neuter Matt 23:19 1×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Matt 5:24 · Matt 23:35 · Luke 1:11 · Luke 11:51 · 1 Cor 10:18 · Rev 6:9 · Rev 8:3 · Rev 8:5 · Rev 9:13 · Rev 14:18 · Rev 16:7 11×
Dative · Singular · Neuter Matt 23:18 · Matt 23:20 · 1 Cor 9:13 · Heb 7:13 5×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Matt 5:23 · Heb 13:10 · Jas 2:21 · Rev 8:3 · Rev 11:1 5×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Rom 11:3 1×
23 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Acts 16 — The Gospel Enters Macedonia: Opened Hearts, Broken Chains, and Household Faith Acts 20 — Paul’s Farewell Charge to Shepherd the Church of God Luke 19 — The Son of Man Seeks the Lost, Receives the Kingly Kingdom, and Weeps over Jerusalem Mark 11 — The King Comes to Jerusalem: Fig Tree, Temple Judgment, Faith, Forgiveness, and Authority Matthew 11 — The Messiah Question, the Rejected Generation, and Rest for the Weary Matthew 21 — The King Enters Jerusalem, Judges Fruitless Religion, and Exposes Rejected-Son Leadership Matthew 23 — Woes upon Hypocritical Leadership and the Lament over Jerusalem Matthew 5 — Kingdom Blessedness, Fulfilled Law, and Heart-Level Righteousness

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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