† θυσιαστήριον, -ου, τό
(< θυσιάζω, to sacrifice), [in LXX (where the word first appears) very freq., nearly always for מִזְבֵּחַ;]
an altar:
(a) generally, Ja 2:21; pl., Ro 11:3(LXX); metaph., He 13:10 (v. Westc., in l., and esp. his add. note on the history of the word, 455 ff.);
(b) of the altar of burnt-offering in the Temple, Mt 5:23, 2423:18-20, 35, Lk 11:51, I Co 9:1310:18, He 7:13, Re 11:1;
(c) of the altar of incense in the sanctuary (Ex 30:1, al.), Lk 1:11; symbolically in Heaven, Re 6:98:3, 59:1314:1816:7 (Cremer, 292).†