Strong G1041βωμός
altar
- Transliteration
- bōmos
- Pronunciation
- bo'-mos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From the base of G939; properly a stand that is (specifically) an altar: - altar.
Detailed definition
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. θυσιαστήριον and see DB, i, 75).
† (AS)
(βαίνω), [in LXX (Hex.) for מִזְבֵּחַ, in Proph., chiefly for בָּמָה;]
1. any raised place, a platform.
2. an altar: Act.17:23 (cf. θυσιαστήριον and see DB, i, 75).
† (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1041 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- altar1
First verses
- Acts 17:23For 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.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
βωμός, ὁ,
(βαίνω) raised platform, stand, for chariots, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.441)]; base of a statue, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.100: but,)]
2 mostly, altar with a base, ἱερὸς β. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.305, etc.; πρὸς βωμῷ σφαγείς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 305; βωμὸς ἀρῆς φυγάσιν ῥῦμα [prev. author] “Supp.” 84 (Lyric poetry); βωμῶν ἀπείργειν τινά [prev. author] “Ch.” 293; ἀγυιεὺς β. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 370)]; of suppliants, ποτὶ βωμὸν ἵζεσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.334)]; βωμοῖσι προσῆσθαι, προσπεσόντα βωμῷ καθῆσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 16, “OC” 1158; βωμὸν ἵζειν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1314)]: also in Prose, β. ἱδρύσασθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.142, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 322a; ἱζόμενοι ἐπὶ τὸν β. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.108; ἐπὶ βωμῶν καθέζεσθαι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.11.)]
3 later, tomb, cairn, [Refs (epigram Gr. 319.)]
4 title of poems by Dosiades and Besantinus, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 15.26and25, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Lex.” 25.)]
5 altar-shaped cake, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 2.1651B,C, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 6.76.)]
6 Ζεὺς Βωμός, probably a Syrian god, [Refs (“Hermes” 37.118 (from Syria).)]
7 central fire in the system of Philolaus, accusative to [Refs (“Placita Philosophorum” 2.7.7.)]
8 in plural, ={ἔμβολοι}, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
(βαίνω) raised platform, stand, for chariots, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.441)]; base of a statue, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.100: but,)]
2 mostly, altar with a base, ἱερὸς β. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.305, etc.; πρὸς βωμῷ σφαγείς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 305; βωμὸς ἀρῆς φυγάσιν ῥῦμα [prev. author] “Supp.” 84 (Lyric poetry); βωμῶν ἀπείργειν τινά [prev. author] “Ch.” 293; ἀγυιεὺς β. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 370)]; of suppliants, ποτὶ βωμὸν ἵζεσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 22.334)]; βωμοῖσι προσῆσθαι, προσπεσόντα βωμῷ καθῆσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 16, “OC” 1158; βωμὸν ἵζειν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1314)]: also in Prose, β. ἱδρύσασθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.142, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 322a; ἱζόμενοι ἐπὶ τὸν β. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.108; ἐπὶ βωμῶν καθέζεσθαι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.11.)]
3 later, tomb, cairn, [Refs (epigram Gr. 319.)]
4 title of poems by Dosiades and Besantinus, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 15.26and25, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Lex.” 25.)]
5 altar-shaped cake, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 2.1651B,C, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 6.76.)]
6 Ζεὺς Βωμός, probably a Syrian god, [Refs (“Hermes” 37.118 (from Syria).)]
7 central fire in the system of Philolaus, accusative to [Refs (“Placita Philosophorum” 2.7.7.)]
8 in plural, ={ἔμβολοι}, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]