Strong's Hebrew · H4196
H4196 mizbêach
מִזְבֵּחַ
miz-bay'-akh
altar
Looking for Greek G4196 Póplios? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H4196. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
mizbêach appears 401 times in Scripture, including Genesis 8:20 and Genesis 12:7. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
an altar
In the King James Version
altar.
Derivation
from H2076 (זָבַח);
Appears 401 times in Scripture
“to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD.”
“When they arrived at the place God had designated, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar, atop the wood.”
“From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.”
“Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.”
“There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.”
“So Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD, and he pitched his tent there. His servants also dug a well there.”
“So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.”
“Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
