Lectionary Calendar
Friday, September 29th, 2023
the Week of Proper 20 / Ordinary 25
the Week of Proper 20 / Ordinary 25
Bible Dictionaries
Altar
King James Dictionary
or Resource Toolbox
Additional Links
AL'TAR, n. L. 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 Altars were originally made of turf, afterwards of stone, wood or horn some were round, others square, others triangular.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 .
Copyright Statement
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Bibliography Information
Entry for 'Altar'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/a/altar.html.
Entry for 'Altar'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/a/altar.html.
