מִזְבֵּחַ
altar
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Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
114 distinct verses where H4196 appears in the Construct state, across 21 books. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Exodus 21 verses
- Exodus 20:24 מִזְבַּ֣ח n c ms cs You shall make an altar of earth for me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace-offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I record my name I will come to you and I will bless you.
- Exodus 20:25 מִזְבַּ֤ח n c ms cs If you make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stones; for if you lift up your tool on it, you have polluted it.
- Exodus 20:26 מִזְבְּחִ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Neither shall you go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed to it.'
- Exodus 21:14 מִזְבְּחִ֔/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs If a man schemes and comes presumptuously on his neighbor to kill him, you shall take him from my altar, that he may die.
- Exodus 30:27 מִזְבַּ֥ח n c ms cs the table and all its articles, the lampstand and its accessories, the altar of incense,
- Exodus 30:28 מִזְבַּ֥ח n c ms cs the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the basin with its base.
- Exodus 31:8 מִזְבַּ֥ח n c ms cs the table and its vessels, the pure lampstand with all its vessels, the altar of incense,
- Exodus 31:9 מִזְבַּ֥ח n c ms cs the altar of burnt offering with all its vessels, the basin and its base,
- Exodus 34:13 מִזְבְּחֹתָ/ם֙ n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp but you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and you shall cut down their Asherim;
- Exodus 35:15 מִזְבַּ֤ח n c ms cs and the altar of incense with its poles, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, the screen for the door, at the door of the tent;
- Exodus 35:16 מִזְבַּ֣ח n c ms cs the altar of burnt offering, with its grating of brass, it poles, and all its vessels, the basin and its base;
- Exodus 37:25 מִזְבַּ֥ח n c ms cs He made the altar of incense of acacia wood. It was square: its length was a cubit, and its breadth a cubit. Its height was two cubits. Its horns were of one piece with it.
- Exodus 38:1 מִזְבַּ֥ח n c ms cs He made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood. It was square. Its length was five cubits, its breadth was five cubits, and its height was three cubits.
- Exodus 38:30 מִזְבַּ֣ח הַ/מִּזְבֵּֽחַ n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c ms With this he made the sockets to the door of the tent of meeting, the brazen altar, the brazen grating for it, all the vessels of the altar,
- Exodus 39:38 מִזְבַּ֣ח n c ms cs the golden altar, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, the screen for the door of the Tent,
- Exodus 39:39 מִזְבַּ֣ח n c ms cs the brazen altar, its grating of brass, its poles, all of its vessels, the basin and its base,
- Exodus 40:5 מִזְבַּ֤ח n c ms cs You shall set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the screen of the door to the tent.
- Exodus 40:6 מִזְבַּ֣ח n c ms cs You shall set the altar of burnt offering before the door of the tent of the tent of meeting.
- Exodus 40:10 מִזְבַּ֥ח הַ/מִּזְבֵּ֔חַ הַ/מִּזְבֵּ֖חַ n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms You shall anoint the altar of burnt offering, with all its vessels, and sanctify the altar: and the altar will be most holy.
- Exodus 40:26 מִזְבַּ֥ח n c ms cs He put the golden altar in the tent of meeting before the veil;
- Exodus 40:29 מִזְבַּ֣ח n c ms cs He set the altar of burnt offering at the door of the tent of the tent of meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the meal-offering, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
Leviticus 7 verses
- Leviticus 4:7 מִזְבַּ֨ח מִזְבַּ֣ח n c ms cs n c ms cs The priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of sweet incense before Yahweh, which is in the tent of meeting; and he shall pour out all the blood of the bull out at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
- Leviticus 4:10 מִזְבַּ֥ח n c ms cs as it is taken off of the ox of the sacrifice of peace offerings. The priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering.
- Leviticus 4:18 הַ/מִּזְבֵּ֗חַ מִזְבַּ֣ח ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms cs He shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar which is before Yahweh, that is in the Tent of Meeting; and the rest of the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
- Leviticus 4:25 מִזְבַּ֣ח מִזְבַּ֥ח n c ms cs n c ms cs The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering. He shall pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering.
- Leviticus 4:30 מִזְבַּ֣ח הַ/מִּזְבֵּֽחַ n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c ms The priest shall take some of its blood with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering; and the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar.
- Leviticus 4:34 מִזְבַּ֣ח הַ/מִּזְבֵּֽחַ n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c ms The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering; and all the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar.
- Leviticus 17:6 מִזְבַּ֣ח n c ms cs The priest shall sprinkle the blood on the altar of Yahweh at the door of the Tent of Meeting, and burn the fat for a sweet savor to Yahweh.
Numbers 1 verse
Deuteronomy 8 verses
- Deuteronomy 7:5 מִזְבְּחֹתֵי/הֶ֣ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp But thus shall you deal with them: you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and hew down their Asherim, and burn their engraved images with fire.
- Deuteronomy 12:3 מִזְבּחֹתָ֗/ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp and you shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and burn their Asherim with fire; and you shall cut down the engraved images of their gods; and you shall destroy their name out of that place.
- Deuteronomy 12:27 מִזְבַּ֖ח מִזְבַּח֙ n c ms cs n c ms cs and you shall offer your burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, on the altar of Yahweh your God; and the blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on the altar of Yahweh your God; and you shall eat the flesh.
- Deuteronomy 16:21 מִזְבַּ֛ח n c ms cs You shall not plant you an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of Yahweh your God, which you shall make you.
- Deuteronomy 26:4 מִזְבַּ֖ח n c ms cs The priest shall take the basket out of your hand, and set it down before the altar of Yahweh your God.
- Deuteronomy 27:5 מִזְבֵּ֔חַ מִזְבַּ֣ח n c ms n c ms cs There shall you build an altar to Yahweh your God, an altar of stones: you shall lift up no iron [tool] on them.
- Deuteronomy 27:6 מִזְבַּ֖ח n c ms cs You shall build the altar of Yahweh your God of uncut stones; and you shall offer burnt offerings thereon to Yahweh your God:
- Deuteronomy 33:10 מִזְבְּחֶֽ/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms They shall teach Jacob your ordinances, Israel your law: They shall put incense before you, Whole burnt offering on your altar.
Joshua 5 verses
- Joshua 8:31 מִזְבַּח֙ n c ms cs as Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of uncut stones, on which no man had lifted up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings to Yahweh, and sacrificed peace-offerings.
- Joshua 9:27 וּ/לְ/מִזְבַּ֤ח conj + prep + n c ms cs That day Joshua made those wood cutters and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of Yahweh, to this day, in the place which he should choose.
- Joshua 22:19 מִזְבֵּ֔חַ מִזְבַּ֖ח n c ms n c ms cs However, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass over to the land of the possession of Yahweh, in which Yahweh's tent dwells, and take possession among us: but don't rebel against Yahweh, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar besides the altar of Yahweh our God.
- Joshua 22:28 מִזְבַּ֨ח n c ms cs Therefore said we, It shall be, when they so tell us or to our generations in time to come, that we shall say, Behold the pattern of the altar of Yahweh, which our fathers made, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice; but it is a witness between us and you.
- Joshua 22:29 מִזְבֵּ֔חַ מִזְבַּח֙ n c ms n c ms cs Far be it from us that we should rebel against Yahweh, and turn away this day from following Yahweh, to build an altar for burnt-offering, for meal-offering, or for sacrifice, besides the altar of Yahweh our God that is before his tent.
Judges 6 verses
- Judges 2:2 מִזְבְּחוֹתֵי/הֶ֖ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp and you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall break down their altars. But you have not listened to my voice: why have you done this?
- Judges 6:25 מִזְבַּ֤ח n c ms cs It happened the same night, that Yahweh said to him, Take your father's bull, even the second bull seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the Asherah that is by it;
- Judges 6:28 מִזְבַּ֣ח הַ/מִּזְבֵּ֖חַ n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c ms When the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was broken down, and the Asherah was cut down that was by it, and the second bull was offered on the altar that was built.
- Judges 6:30 מִזְבַּ֣ח n c ms cs Then the men of the city said to Joash, Bring out your son, that he may die, because he has broken down the altar of Baal, and because he has cut down the Asherah that was by it.
- Judges 6:31 מִזְבְּחֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Joash said to all who stood against him, Will you contend for Baal? Or will you save him? he who will contend for him, let him be put to death while [it is yet] morning: if he be a god, let him contend for himself, because one has broken down his altar.
- Judges 6:32 מִזְבְּחֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Therefore on that day he named him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal contend against him, because he has broken down his altar.
1 Samuel 2 verses
- 1 Samuel 2:28 מִזְבְּחִ֗/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs and did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give to the house of your father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?
- 1 Samuel 2:33 מִזְבְּחִ֔/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs The man of yours, [whom] I shall not cut off from my altar, [shall be] to consume your eyes, and to grieve your heart; and all the increase of your house shall die in the flower of their age.
1 Kings 8 verses
- 1 Kings 7:48 מִזְבַּ֣ח n c ms cs Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of Yahweh: the golden altar, and the table whereupon the show bread was, of gold;
- 1 Kings 8:22 מִזְבַּ֣ח n c ms cs Solomon stood before the altar of Yahweh in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;
- 1 Kings 8:31 מִֽזְבַּחֲ/ךָ֖ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid on him to cause him to swear, and he come [and] swear before your altar in this house;
- 1 Kings 8:54 מִזְבַּ֤ח n c ms cs It was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication to Yahweh, he arose from before the altar of Yahweh, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread forth toward heaven.
- 1 Kings 8:64 מִזְבַּ֤ח n c ms cs The same day did the king make the middle of the court holy that was before the house of Yahweh; for there he offered the burnt offering, and the meal-offering, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar that was before Yahweh was too little to receive the burnt offering, and the meal-offering, and the fat of the peace-offerings.
- 1 Kings 18:30 מִזְבַּ֥ח n c ms cs Elijah said to all the people, Come near to me; and all the people came near to him. He repaired the altar of Yahweh that was thrown down.
- 1 Kings 19:10 מִזְבְּחֹתֶ֣י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms He said, I have been very jealous for Yahweh, the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword: and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
- 1 Kings 19:14 מִזְבְּחֹתֶ֣י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms He said, I have been very jealous for Yahweh, the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
2 Kings 6 verses
- 2 Kings 11:18 מזבחת/ו מִזְבְּחֹתָ֤י/ו הַֽ/מִּזְבְּח֑וֹת n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms ptcl def.art + n c mp All the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and broke it down; his altars and his images broke they in pieces thoroughly, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. The priest appointed officers over the house of Yahweh.
- 2 Kings 16:14 הַ/מִּזְבַּ֣ח הַ/מִּזְבֵּ֔חַ הַ/מִּזְבֵּ֖חַ ptcl def.art + n c ms cs ptcl def.art + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms The brazen altar, which was before Yahweh, he brought from the forefront of the house, from between his altar and the house of Yahweh, and put it on the north side of his altar.
- 2 Kings 16:15 הַ/מִּזְבֵּ֣חַ וּ/מִזְבַּ֧ח ptcl def.art + n c ms conj + n c ms cs King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, On the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meal-offering, and the king's burnt offering, and his meal-offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meal-offering, and their drink-offerings; and sprinkle on it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: but the brazen altar shall be for me to inquire by.
- 2 Kings 18:22 מִזְבְּחֹתָ֔י/ו הַ/מִּזְבֵּ֣חַ n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms ptcl def.art + n c ms But if you tell me, We trust in Yahweh our God; isn't that he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
- 2 Kings 23:9 מִזְבַּ֥ח n c ms cs Nevertheless the priests of the high places didn't come up to the altar of Yahweh in Jerusalem, but they ate unleavened bread among their brothers.
- 2 Kings 23:17 הַ/מִּזְבַּ֥ח ptcl def.art + n c ms cs Then he said, What monument is that which I see? The men of the city told him, It is the tomb of the man of God, who came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that you have done against the altar of Bethel.
1 Chronicles 5 verses
- 1 Chronicles 6:49 מִזְבַּ֤ח מִזְבַּ֣ח n c ms cs n c ms cs But Aaron and his sons offered on the altar of burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
- 1 Chronicles 16:40 מִזְבַּ֧ח n c ms cs to offer burnt offerings to Yahweh on the altar of burnt offering continually morning and evening, even according to all that is written in the law of Yahweh, which he commanded to Israel;
- 1 Chronicles 21:26 מִזְבֵּ֨חַ֙ מִזְבַּ֥ח n c ms n c ms cs David built there an altar to Yahweh, and offered burnt offerings and peace-offerings, and called on Yahweh; and he answered him from the sky by fire on the altar of burnt offering.
- 1 Chronicles 21:29 וּ/מִזְבַּ֥ח conj + n c ms cs For the tent of Yahweh, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering, were at that time in the high place at Gibeon.
- 1 Chronicles 28:18 וּ/לְ/מִזְבַּ֧ח conj + prep + n c ms cs and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot, [even] the cherubim, that spread out [their wings], and covered the ark of the covenant of Yahweh.
2 Chronicles 21 verses
- 2 Chronicles 1:5 וּ/מִזְבַּ֣ח conj + n c ms cs Moreover the brazen altar, that Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, was there before the tent of Yahweh: and Solomon and the assembly sought to it.
- 2 Chronicles 1:6 מִזְבַּ֤ח n c ms cs Solomon went up there to the brazen altar before Yahweh, which was at the tent of meeting, and offered one thousand burnt offerings on it.
- 2 Chronicles 4:1 מִזְבַּ֣ח n c ms cs Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length of it, and twenty cubits the breadth of it, and ten cubits the height of it.
- 2 Chronicles 4:19 מִזְבַּ֣ח n c ms cs Solomon made all the vessels that were in the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon was the show bread;
- 2 Chronicles 6:12 מִזְבַּ֣ח n c ms cs He stood before the altar of Yahweh in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands
- 2 Chronicles 6:22 מִֽזְבַּחֲ/ךָ֖ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swears before your altar in this house;
- 2 Chronicles 7:7 מִזְבַּ֤ח n c ms cs Moreover Solomon made the middle of the court holy that was before the house of Yahweh; for there he offered the burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace-offerings, because the brazen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offering, and the meal-offering, and the fat.
- 2 Chronicles 8:12 מִזְבַּ֣ח n c ms cs Then Solomon offered burnt-offerings to Yahweh on the altar of Yahweh, which he had built before the porch,
- 2 Chronicles 14:3 מִזְבְּח֥וֹת n c mp cs for he took away the foreign altars, and the high places, and broke down the pillars, and hewed down the Asherim,
- 2 Chronicles 15:8 מִזְבַּ֣ח n c ms cs When Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominations out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from the hill-country of Ephraim; and he renewed the altar of Yahweh, that was before the porch of Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 23:17 מִזְבְּחֹתָ֥י/ו הַֽ/מִּזְבְּחֽוֹת n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms ptcl def.art + n c mp All the people went to the house of Baal, and broke it down, and broke his altars and his images in pieces, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars.
- 2 Chronicles 26:16 מִזְבַּ֥ח n c ms cs But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, so that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against Yahweh his God; for he went into the temple of Yahweh to burn incense on the altar of incense.
- 2 Chronicles 26:19 לְ/מִזְבַּ֥ח prep + n c ms cs Then Uzziah was angry; and he had a censer in his hand to burn incense; and while he was angry with the priests, the leprosy broke forth in his forehead before the priests in the house of Yahweh, beside the altar of incense.
- 2 Chronicles 29:18 מִזְבַּ֤ח n c ms cs Then they went in to Hezekiah the king within [the palace], and said, We have cleansed all the house of Yahweh, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels of it, and the table of show bread, with all the vessels of it.
- 2 Chronicles 29:19 מִזְבַּ֥ח n c ms cs Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away when he trespassed, have we prepared and sanctified; and, behold, they are before the altar of Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 29:21 מִזְבַּ֥ח n c ms cs They brought seven bulls, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven male goats, for a sin-offering for the kingdom and for the sanctuary and for Judah. He commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of Yahweh.
- 2 Chronicles 32:12 מִזְבְּחֹתָ֑י/ו מִזְבֵּ֧חַ n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms n c ms Has not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, You shall worship before one altar, and on it shall you burn incense?
- 2 Chronicles 33:16 מִזְבַּ֣ח n c ms cs He built up the altar of Yahweh, and offered thereon sacrifices of peace-offerings and of thanksgiving, and commanded Judah to serve Yahweh, the God of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 34:4 מִזְבְּח֣וֹת n c mp cs They broke down the altars of the Baals in his presence; and the sun-images that were on high above them he hewed down; and the Asherim, and the engraved images, and the molten images, he broke in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it on the graves [of those] who had sacrificed to them.
- 2 Chronicles 34:5 מזבחותים מִזְבְּחוֹתָ֑/ם n c mp n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp He burnt the bones of the priests on their altars, and purged Judah and Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 35:16 מִזְבַּ֣ח n c ms cs So all the service of Yahweh was prepared the same day, to keep the Passover, and to offer burnt-offerings on the altar of Yahweh, according to the commandment of king Josiah.
Ezra 1 verse
Nehemiah 1 verse
Psalms 4 verses
- Psalms 26:6 מִזְבַּחֲ/ךָ֣ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms I will wash my hands in innocence, So I will go about your altar, Yahweh;
- Psalms 43:4 מִזְבַּ֬ח n c ms cs Then I will go to the altar of God, To God, my exceeding joy. I will praise you on the harp, God, my God.
- Psalms 51:19 מִזְבַּחֲ/ךָ֣ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Then you will delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, In burnt offerings and in whole burnt offerings. Then they will offer bulls on your altar.
- Psalms 84:3 מִ֭זְבְּחוֹתֶי/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Yes, the sparrow has found a home, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young, Near your altars, Yahweh of Hosts, my King, and my God.
Isaiah 3 verses
- Isaiah 36:7 מִזְבְּחֹתָ֔י/ו הַ/מִּזְבֵּ֥חַ n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms ptcl def.art + n c ms But if you tell me, We trust in Yahweh our God: isn't that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, You shall worship before this altar?
- Isaiah 56:7 מִזְבְּחִ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted on my altar; for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples.
- Isaiah 60:7 מִזְבְּחִ֔/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together to you, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you; they shall come up with acceptance on my altar; and I will glorify the house of my glory.
Jeremiah 2 verses
- Jeremiah 17:1 מִזְבְּחוֹתֵי/כֶֽם n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, [and] with the point of a diamond: it is engraved on the tablet of their heart, and on the horns of your altars;
- Jeremiah 17:2 מִזְבְּחוֹתָ֔/ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp while their children remember their altars and their Asherim by the green trees on the high hills.
Lamentations 1 verse
Ezekiel 5 verses
- Ezekiel 6:4 מִזְבְּח֣וֹתֵי/כֶ֔ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp Your altars shall become desolate, and your sun-images shall be broken; and I will cast down your slain men before your idols.
- Ezekiel 6:5 מִזְבְּחוֹתֵי/כֶֽם n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp I will lay the dead bodies of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars.
- Ezekiel 6:6 מִזְבְּחֽוֹתֵי/כֶ֗ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 2mp In all your dwelling-places the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your sun-images may be hewn down, and your works may be abolished.
- Ezekiel 6:13 מִזְבְּחֽוֹתֵי/הֶ֑ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp You shall know that I am Yahweh, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, on every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the places where they offered sweet savor to all their idols.
- Ezekiel 9:2 מִזְבַּ֥ח n c ms cs Behold, six men came from the way of the upper gate, which lies toward the north, every man with his slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man in the midst of them clothed in linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side. They went in, and stood beside the brazen altar.
Hosea 3 verses
- Hosea 10:2 מִזְבְּחוֹתָ֔/ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp Their heart is divided. Now they will be found guilty. He will demolish their altars. He will destroy their sacred stones.
- Hosea 10:8 מִזְבְּחוֹתָ֑/ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be destroyed. The thorn and the thistle will come up on their altars. They will tell the mountains, "Cover us!" and the hills, "Fall on us!"
- Hosea 12:11 מִזְבְּחוֹתָ/ם֙ n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp If Gilead is wicked, Surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls. Indeed, their altars are like heaps in the furrows of the field.
Amos 1 verse
Malachi 3 verses
- Malachi 1:7 מִזְבְּחִ/י֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs You offer polluted bread on my altar. You say, 'How have we polluted you?' In that you say, 'Yahweh's table contemptible.'
- Malachi 1:10 מִזְבְּחִ֖/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs "Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you," says Yahweh of hosts, "neither will I accept an offering at your hand.
- Malachi 2:13 מִזְבַּ֣ח n c ms cs This again you do: you cover the altar of Yahweh with tears, with weeping, and with sighing, because he doesn't regard the offering any more, neither receives it with good will at your hand.
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מזבח — transliterated mizbêach — is a Hebrew noun carrying the sense “altar.” Its earliest occurrence is Genesis 8:20. Spanning 338 verses in 25 books, it ranks among the common words of the Hebrew Bible. Sharing its root, it stands alongside זבח, דבח and זבח. See the sense tree, 338-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H4196 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 338
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 338 distinct verses.
- 25 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 25 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #123
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 123 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 338 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Leviticus 71 verses 21%
- Exodus 51 verses 15%
- 2 Chronicles 35 verses 10%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 338 distinct verses.
- Torah (Pentateuch) 167 verses · 49%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 119 verses · 35%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 52 verses · 15%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Altar 311×, Altars 49×, Every altar 5×
- American Standard Version: Altar 277×, Altars 43×, Every altar 5×
- Berean Standard Bible: Altar 330×, Altars 49×, Each altar 4×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Altar 278×, Altar of 70×, Altars 48×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H4196 across 402 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 17 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H4196 across 401 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 44 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H4196 across 393 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 8 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 8 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H4196 across 411 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 5 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
20 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 20 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. JE narrate that altars were built by Noah after leaving the ark Gn 8:20; by Abraham at Shechem 12:7, Bethel 12:8, Hebron 13:18, mt. in land Moriah 22:9; by Isaac at Beersheba 26:25; by Jacob at Shechem 33:20 (yet this perhaps mistake for מַצֵּבָה, being obj. of וַיַּצֶּב־שָׁם, not elsewhere with מזבח, cf. also Di), at Bethel 35:7, by Moses at Rephidim Ex 17:15, Horeb 24:4, by Balak at Bamoth Baal, Pisgah, $ Peor Nu 23:1, 14, 29; by Joshua on Mt. Ebal Jos 8:30: the prophetic histories narrate that altars were built by Gideon at Ophra Ju 6:24; by a man of God at Bethel Ju 21:4; by Samuel at Ramah 1 S 7:17; by Saul after Michmash 1 S 14:35; by David on the threshing floor of Ornan 2 S 24:25 = 1 Ch 21:18, 1 Ch 22:1; that Solomon sacrificed on the altar at Gibeon 1 K 3:4 and built altars in the temple at Jerusalem 1 K 6:20; 8:64; that Jeroboam built an altar at Bethel 1 K 12:32 (which was destroyed by Josiah 2 K 23:15); and that Elijah repaired an ancient altar on Carmel 1 K 18:30. An altar in Egypt is predicted Is 19:19. All this accords with the law of the Covenant code Ex 20:24–26 which recognises a plurality of altars and prescribes that they shall be built of אֲדָמָה, or of unhewn stones, and without steps. So אֲבָנִים Dt 27:5 (JE), אֲבָנִים שְׁלֵמוֹת Dt 25:6 Jos 8:31, and twelve stones 1 K 18:31; cf. Is 27:9. The altar was also a place of refuge Ex 21:14 (JE) 1 K 1:50, 51; 2:28. e.g. Genesis 8:20
- 2. D prescribes one central altar Dt 12:5 f., 27; but no attempt to enforce this principle appears before Hezekiah (2 K 18:4, 22), and Josiah, whose reform is more effectual, 2 K 23:8–20. e.g. Deuteronomy 12:5
- 3. P limits sacrifices to the altars of the tabernacle. A great altar was built E. of the Jordan, but it was according to P only as an עֵד after the pattern of the altar before the Tabernacle Jos 22:10–34. P describes two altars: e.g. Joshua 22:10
- a. the מִזְבַּח הָעֹלָה Ex 30:28; 31:9; 35:16; 38:1; 40:6, 10, 29 Lv 4:7, 10, 25(×2), 30, 34 = מ׳ הַנְּחשֶׁת Ex 38:30; 39:39, made of acacia wood plated with brass, 5 × 5 × 3 cubits in size, with four horns and a network of brass, on which all sacrifices by fire were made Ex 27:1–8; 38:1–7; e.g. Exodus 30:28
- b. מ׳ מִקְטַר קְטֹרֶת made of acacia wood plated with gold, 1 × 1 × 2 cubits in size, with four horns and a crown of gold Ex 30:1–6 = מ׳ הקטרת Ex 30:27; 31:8; 35:15; 37:25 = מ׳ הזהב Ex 39:38; 40:5, 26 Nu 4:11 = מ׳ קטרת הַסַּמִּים Lv 4:7; these altars are named elsewhere only in Chr. 1 Ch 6:34; 16:40; 21:29; 2 Ch 1:5, 6. e.g. Exodus 30:1
- 4. Solomon made two altars for the temple at Jerusalem:
- a. מ׳ הַנְּחשֶׁת for the court 1 K 8:64 (which was laid aside by Ahaz 2 K 16:14, 15, who made an altar after the model of one he saw in Damascus 2 K 16:11); in v 14 הַמִּזְבַּח הַנּ׳ (cstr. form c. art.) is erron., read prob. מִזְבַּח cf. Ges§ 127. 4 a ad fin.; this altar, according to Chr, measured 20 × 20 × 10 cubits 2 Ch 4:1; this מזבח (ה)נחשׁת also 7:7 $ Ez 9:2; = מ׳ העולה 2 Ch 29:18, repaired by Asa 2 Ch 15:8; e.g. 1 Kings 8:64
- b. an altar of cedar, plated with gold, in the temple before the דְּבִיר 1 K 6:20, 22; 7:48; = מ׳ הזהב 2 Ch 4:19; = מ׳ הַקְּטֹרֶת 1 Ch 28:18; 2 Ch 26:16. e.g. 1 Kings 6:20
- 5. Ezekiel plans two altars for the new temple:
- a. a table of wood 3 × 2 cubits Ez 41:22; e.g. Ezekiel 41:22
- b. an altar for the court, prob. same dimensions as 4 a, with stairs Ez 43:13–17. e.g. Ezekiel 43:13
- 6. after the return Jeshua built an altar on the ancient site in the court of the temple Ezr 3:2. e.g. Ezra 3:2
- 7. besides these altars used in the worship of Yahweh, Ahab built an altar to Baal in Samaria 1 K 16:32; Ahaz made an altar on the roof of the upper chamber, and other kings of Judah made altars in the two courts, all of which were destroyed by Josiah 2 K 23:12. e.g. 1 Kings 16:32
- 8. the ancient and most common term for making altars was בָּנָה Gn 35:7 (E) 8:20 (J) Dt 27:5, 6 Ex 32:5 (JE) +, implying building material; other vbs. are הֵקִים 2 S 24:18 1 K 16:32 2 K 21:3 1 Ch 21:18 2 Ch 33:3; הֵכִין Ezr 3:3 (sq. עַל־מְכוֹנֹתָו֯); שִׂים Je 11:13; וַיַּצֶּב־ Gn 33:20 (but cf. 1); Nu 23:4 (E) has עָרַךְ arrange, prepare; עָשָׂה Gn 35:1, 3 Ex 20:24 (E) Gn 13:4 (J) Jos 22:28 1 K 12:33; 18:26; this becomes usual in P, Ex 27:1; 30:1; 37:25; 38:1, 30, so 2 Ch 4:1, 19; 7:7; 28:24. e.g. Genesis 35:7
- 9. the dedication of the altar was חֲנֻכַּת המזבח Nu 7:10, 11, 84, 88 2 Ch 7:9; it was anointed with oil מָשַׁח Ex 40:10 Lv 8:11 Nu 7:10 (all P). e.g. Numbers 7:10
- 10. removal of unlawful altars is expr. by נָתַץ Ex 34:13 (JE) Dt 7:5 Ju 2:2; 6:30, 31, 32 2 K 11:18; 23:12, 15; נִתַּץ (Pi) Dt 12:3 2 Ch 31:1; 34:4, 7; נֻתַּץ Ju 6:28; הָרַס Ju 6:25 1 K 19:10, 14; שִׁבַּר 2 Ch 23:17; הֵסִיר 2 K 18:22 = Is 36:7, 2 Ch 14:2; 30:14; 32:12; 33:15. e.g. Exodus 34:13
- 11. ministry at the altar was מִשְׁמֶרֶת הַמּ׳ Nu 18:5 Ez 40:46, cf. Nu 3:31 (P), מְשָֽׁרְתֵי מ׳ Jo 1:13; עָמַד עַל is said of officiating priest 1 K 13:1, עָלָה עַל Ex 20:26 1 S 2:28 1 K 12:33 + (cf. יָרַד Lv 9:22); sacrifices were usually offered עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּחַ Gn 22:9 Dt 12:27 +; v. especially the phrases with זָרַק Ex 29:16, 20 + (v. זרק); הִקְטִיר Lv 4:10 (v. קטר Hiph.); הֶעֱלָה Lv 6:3 + (v. עלה Hiph.) לְבַעֵר Ne 10:35; but בַּמִּזְבֵּחַ Gn 8:20 (J) Nu 23:2, 4, 14, 30 (E); one touching the altar is הַנֹּגֵעַ בַּמּ׳ Ex 29:37 (P); לפני המ׳ of placing, or standing before altar Dt 26:4 1 K 8:22; as acc.loc. הַמִּזְבֵּ֫חָה in phrases especially c. הִקְטִיר Ex 29:13 +, and הֶעֱלָה Lv 14:20. e.g. Numbers 18:5
- 12. the horns of the altar were especially for the application of the blood of the sin-offering in the ritual; sin is represented as graven לְקַרְנוֹת מִזְבְּחוֹתֵיכֶם Je 17:1; therefore of blood for cleansing it was said †נָתַן על קרנות המ׳ Ex 29:12 Lv 4:7, 18, 25, 30, 34; 8:15; 9:9; 16:18 (all P). An ancient custom is referred to, ψ 118:27 אִסְרוּ־חַג בַּעֲבֹתִ֑ים עַד־קרנות המזבח bind the festal victim with cords, unto the horns of the altar: Ainsworth paraphrases: ‘that is, all the court over, untill you come even to the hornes of the altar, intending hereby many sacrifices,’ so De; but Che ‘bind the procession with branches, (step on) to the altar-horns,’ that is in sacred procession round the altar. e.g. Jeremiah 17:1
- 13. the יְסוֹד (q.v.) is also referred to in the ritual of the sin-offerings in the phrases יָצַק אל יסוד Lv 8:15; 9:9 $ שָׂפַךְ אל יסוד Ex 29:12 Lv 4:7, 18, 25, 30, 34 (all P) יִמָּצֵה אל יסוד Lv 5:9. e.g. Leviticus 8:15
- 14. the altar was קֹדֶשׁ קָדָשִׁים Ex 29:37; 40:10 (P); but repeated sin-offerings were necessary to keep it pure and cleanse it from the pollution of the people in whose midst it was situated. This is expressed by חִטֵּא Lv 8:15 (P) Ez 43:22; כִּפֶּר Lv 16:20, 33 (P) Ez 43:26; קִדַּשׂ Ex 29:44; 40:10 Lv 8:15 Nu 7:1 (P); טִהַר 2 Ch 29:18. e.g. Exodus 29:37
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
מִזְבֵּחַ401 n.m. Jos 22:10 altar (Arabic مَذْبَحٌ, place of slaughter, trench made by torrent, Sab. מדֿבח DHMEpigr. Denkm. 24); מ׳ abs. 2 K 18:22 + 223 times, הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חָה Ex 29:13 + 31 times; cstr. מִזְבַּח Ex 20:24 + 76 times, sf. מִזְבְּחִי Ex 20:26 + 7 times, מִזְבַּחֲךָ 1 K 8:31 + 3 times, מִזְבְּחֶ֑ךָ Dt 33:10; מִזְבְּחוֹ Ju 6:31 + 2 times; pl. מִזְבְּחֹת Nu 23:1 + 5 times, מִזְבְּחוֹת 2 K 21:3 + 23 times, sf. מִזְבְּחוֹתֶיךָ ψ 84:4, other sfs. 21 times;—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from זבח (zâbach) (H2076) — to sacrifice.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
מִזְבֵּחַ
- altar. Zeb. V, 1, a. fr. מ׳ החיצון, v. חִיצוֹן Tam. III, 1, a. fr. מ׳ הפנימי the inner altar (in the interior of the Temple).—Gitt. V, 5 מפני תקון המ׳ in order to prevent neglect of the altar. Ib. 55ᵇ שלא יאמרו מ׳ אוכל וכ׳ lest people say, the altar receives stolen goods. Ber. 55ᵃ, v. כָּפַר. Gen. R. s. 80 כמ׳ כן כהניו as the altar, so are its priests; Y. Snh. II, end, 20ᵈ; a. v. fr.—Ab. Zar. 53ᵇ; Tosef. ib. V (VI), 8, a. e. (of an idolatrous altar), v. בִּימוּס.—Pl. מִזְבְּחוֹת. Lam. R. to I, 16 הרי אמנו בנתה שבעה מ׳ וכ׳ behold, our mother built seven altars and offered seven children on one day (as martyrs of their faith). Num. R. s. 20; a. e.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 110 distinct written forms H4196 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 50 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H4196, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 322 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 338 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 8:20
- Exodus 17:15
- Leviticus 1:5
- Numbers 3:26
- Deuteronomy 7:5
- Joshua 9:27
- Judges 2:2
- 1 Samuel 2:28
- 2 Samuel 24:18
- 1 Kings 1:50
- 2 Kings 11:11
- 1 Chronicles 6:49
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
