מִזְבֵּחַ
mizbêach · miz-bay'-akh
an altar
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2076 (זָבַח);
an altar
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: altar.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- זZayin7
Picture: a weapon, mattock or sword
- Concrete
- weapon · cutting tool · plough
- Extended
- to cut · to harvest · to sustain by cutting · food
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to cut, to sustain › the house, what is within › to separate and protect
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to cut, to sustain of the house, what is within that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִזְבֵּחַ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
401 occurrences · 401 OT · 0 NT · 111 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the altar58 · 18%
- upon the altar49 · 15%
- the altar47 · 14%
- an altar29 · 9%
- altar21 · 6%
- and the altar16 · 5%
- altars13 · 4%
- it upon the altar11 · 3%
- there an altar9 · 3%
- them upon the altar8 · 2%
- the altars8 · 2%
- unto the altar7 · 2%
- their altars7 · 2%
- on the altar6 · 2%
- it on the altar4 · 1%
- against the altar4 · 1%
- from the altar4 · 1%
- and the altars4 · 1%
- upon mine altar3 · 1%
- his altar3 · 1%
- on every altar3 · 1%
- and for the altar3 · 1%
- from off the altar3 · 1%
- to the altar3 · 1%
- for the altar3 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.