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Definition: Altar |
AltarNoun1. The table in Christian churches where communion is given. 2. A raised structure on which gifts or sacrifices to a god are made. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "altar" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
Etymology: Altar \Al"tar\, noun. [from Old English expression alter, auter, autier, from the Latin expression altare, plural altaria, altar, probably from altus high: compare to Old French expression alter, autier, French autel. Compare to Altitude.]. (references) |
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Satire | ALTAR, n. The place whereupon the priest formerly raveled out the small intestine of the sacrificial victim for purposes of divination and cooked its flesh for the gods. The word is now seldom used, except with reference to the sacrifice of their liberty and peace by a male and a female tool. They stood before the altar and supplied The fire themselves in which their fat was fried. In vain the sacrifice! -- no god will claim An offering burnt with an unholy flame. M.P. Nopput. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Bible | Altar (Heb. mizbe'ah, from a word meaning "to slay"), any structure of earth (Ex. 20:24) or unwrought stone (20:25) on which sacrifices were offered. Altars were generally erected in conspicuous places (Gen. 22:9; Ezek. 6:3; 2 Kings 23:12; 16:4; 23:8; Acts 14:13). The word is used in Heb. 13:10 for the sacrifice offered upon it--the sacrifice Christ offered. Paul found among the many altars erected in Athens one bearing the inscription, "To the unknown God" (Acts 17:23), or rather "to an [i.e., some] unknown God." The reason for this inscription cannot now be accurately determined. It afforded the apostle the occasion of proclaiming the gospel to the "men of Athens." The first altar we read of is that erected by Noah (Gen. 8:20). Altars were erected by Abraham (Gen. 12:7; 13:4; 22:9), by Isaac (Gen. 26:25), by Jacob (33:20; 35:1, 3), and by Moses (Ex. 17:15, "Jehovah-nissi"). In the tabernacle, and afterwards in the temple, two altars were erected. (1.) The altar of burnt offering (Ex. 30:28), called also the "brasen altar" (Ex. 39:39) and "the table of the Lord" (Mal. 1:7). This altar, as erected in the tabernacle, is described in Ex. 27:1-8. It was a hollow square, 5 cubits in length and in breadth, and 3 cubits in height. It was made of shittim wood, and was overlaid with plates of brass. Its corners were ornamented with "horns" (Ex. 29:12; Lev. 4:18). In Ex. 27:3 the various utensils appertaining to the altar are enumerated. They were made of brass. (Comp. 1 Sam. 2:13, 14; Lev. 16:12; Num. 16:6, 7.) In Solomon's temple the altar was of larger dimensions (2 Chr. 4:1. Comp. 1 Kings 8:22, 64; 9:25), and was made wholly of brass, covering a structure of stone or earth. This altar was renewed by Asa (2 Chr. 15:8). It was removed by Ahaz (2 Kings 16:14), and "cleansed" by Hezekiah, in the latter part of whose reign it was rebuilt. It was finally broken up and carried away by the Babylonians (Jer. 52:17). After the return from captivity it was re-erected (Ezra 3:3, 6) on the same place where it had formerly stood. (Comp. 1 Macc. 4:47.) When Antiochus Epiphanes pillaged Jerusalem the altar of burnt offering was taken away. Again the altar was erected by Herod, and remained in its place till the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans (70 A.D.). The fire on the altar was not permitted to go out (Lev. 6:9). In the Mosque of Omar, immediately underneath the great dome, which occupies the site of the old temple, there is a rough projection of the natural rock, of about 60 feet in its extreme length, and 50 in its greatest breadth, and in its highest part about 4 feet above the general pavement. This rock seems to have been left intact when Solomon's temple was built. It was in all probability the site of the altar of burnt offering. Underneath this rock is a cave, which may probably have been the granary of Araunah's threshing-floor (1 Chr. 21:22). (2.) The altar of incense (Ex. 30:1-10), called also "the golden altar" (39:38; Num. 4:11), stood in the holy place "before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony." On this altar sweet spices were continually burned with fire taken from the brazen altar. The morning and the evening services were commenced by the high priest offering incense on this altar. The burning of the incense was a type of prayer (Ps. 141:2; Rev. 5:8; 8:3, 4). This altar was a small movable table, made of acacia wood overlaid with gold (Ex. 37:25, 26). It was 1 cubit in length and breadth, and 2 cubits in height. In Solomon's temple the altar was similar in size, but was made of cedar-wood (1 Kings 6:20; 7:48) overlaid with gold. In Ezek. 41:22 it is called "the altar of wood." (Comp. Ex. 30:1-6.) In the temple built after the Exile the altar was restored. Antiochus Epiphanes took it away, but it was afterwards restored by Judas Maccabaeus (1 Macc. 1:23; 4:49). Among the trophies carried away by Titus on the destruction of Jerusalem the altar of incense is not found, nor is any mention made of it in Heb. 9. It was at this altar Zacharias ministered when an angel appeared to him (Luke 1:11). It is the only altar which appears in the heavenly temple (Isa. 6:6; Rev. 8:3,4). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of seing{sic} a priest at the altar, denotes quarrels and unsatisfactory states in your business and home. To see a marriage, sorrow to friends, and death to old age. An altar would hardly be shown you in a dream, accept to warn you against the commission of error. Repentance is also implied. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | Altar (An), in Christian art. St. Stephen (the Pope), and Thomas Becket are represented as immolated before an altar. St. Canute is represented as lying before an altar. St. Charles Borromeo is represented as kneeling before an altar. St. Gregory (the Pope) is represented as offering sacrifice before an altar. And the attribute of Victor is an altar overthrown, in allusion to his throwing down a Roman altar in the presence of the Emperor Maximian. Led to the altar, i.e. married. Said of a lady. The altar is the communion-table railed off from the body of the church, where marriages are solemnised. The bride is led up the aside to the rail. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
An altar (Hebrew mizbe'ah, from a word meaning "to slay") is any structure on which sacrifices are offered for religious purposes.
Altars in the Hebrew Bible
Altars in the Hebrew Bible (Christian Old Testament) were typically made of earth (Ex. 20:24) or unwrought stone (20:25). Altars were generally erected in conspicuous places (Genesis 22:9; Ezekiel 6:3; 2 Kings 23:12; 16:4; 23:8; Acts 14:13). The word is used in Hebrews 13:10 for the sacrifice offered upon it--the sacrifice Christ offered.Paul found among the many altars erected in Athens one bearing the inscription, "To the unknown God" (Acts 17:23), or rather "to an [i.e., some] unknown God." The reason for this inscription cannot now be accurately determined. It afforded the apostle the occasion of proclaiming the gospel to the "men of Athens."
The first altar recorded in the Hebrew Bible is that erected by Noah (Genesis 8:20). Altars were erected by Abraham (Genesis 12:7; 13:4; 22:9), by Isaac (Genesis 26:25), by Jacob (33:20; 35:1, 3), and by Moses (Exodus 17:15, "Jehovah-nissi").
In the tabernacle, and afterwards in the temple, two altars were erected.
(1.) The altar of burnt offering (Ex. 30:28), called also the "brasen altar" (Ex. 39:39) and "the table of the Lord" (Mal. 1:7).
This altar, as erected in the tabernacle, is described in Ex. 27:1-8. It was a hollow square, 5 cubits in length and in breadth, and 3 cubits in height. It was made of shittim wood, and was overlaid with plates of brass. Its corners were ornamented with "horns" (Ex. 29:12; Lev. 4:18).
In Ex. 27:3 the various utensils appertaining to the altar are enumerated. They were made of brass. (Comp. 1 Sam. 2:13, 14; Lev. 16:12; Num. 16:6, 7.)
In Solomon's temple the altar was of larger dimensions (2 Chr. 4:1. Comp. 1 Kings 8:22, 64; 9:25), and was made wholly of brass, covering a structure of stone or earth. This altar was renewed by Asa (2 Chr. 15:8). It was removed by Ahaz (2 Kings 16:14), and "cleansed" by Hezekiah, in the latter part of whose reign it was rebuilt. It was finally broken up and carried away by the Babylonians (Jer. 52:17).
After the return from captivity it was re-erected (Ezra 3:3, 6) on the same place where it had formerly stood. (Comp. 1 Macc. 4:47.) When Antiochus Epiphanes pillaged Jerusalem the altar of burnt offering was taken away.
Again the altar was erected by Herod, and remained in its place till the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans (70 A.D.).
The fire on the altar was not permitted to go out (Lev. 6:9).
In the Mosque of Omar, immediately underneath the great dome, which occupies the site of the old temple, there is a rough projection of the natural rock, of about 60 feet in its extreme length, and 50 in its greatest breadth, and in its highest part about 4 feet above the general pavement. This rock seems to have been left intact when Solomon's temple was built. It was in all probability the site of the altar of burnt offering. Underneath this rock is a cave, which may probably have been the granary of Araunah's threshing-floor (1 Chr. 21:22).
(2.) The altar of incense (Ex. 30:1-10), called also "the golden altar" (39:38; Num. 4:11), stood in the holy place "before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony." On this altar sweet spices were continually burned with fire taken from the brazen altar. The morning and the evening services were commenced by the high priest offering incense on this altar. The burning of the incense was a type of prayer (Ps. 141:2; Rev. 5:8; 8:3, 4).
This altar was a small movable table, made of acacia wood overlaid with gold (Ex. 37:25, 26). It was 1 cubit in length and breadth, and 2 cubits in height.
In Solomon's temple the altar was similar in size, but was made of cedar-wood (1 Kings 6:20; 7:48) overlaid with gold. In Ezek. 41:22 it is called "the altar of wood." (Comp. Ex. 30:1-6.)
In the temple built after the Exile the altar was restored. Antiochus Epiphanes took it away, but it was afterwards restored by Judas Maccabaeus (1 Macc. 1:23; 4:49). Among the trophies carried away by Titus on the destruction of Jerusalem the altar of incense is not found, nor is any mention made of it in Hebrews 9. It was at this altar Zacharias ministered when an angel appeared to him (Luke 1:11). It is the only altar which appears in the heavenly temple (Isaiah 6:6; Revelation 8:3,4).
From Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
Altars in Christian churches
Altars occupy a prominent place in the sanctuary of many churches, especially in Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Lutheran, Anglican, Episcopal, and other highly liturgical denominations. In some churches, it may be surrounded by altar rails. In Eastern Orthodox churches, there is usually some form of iconostasis or "icon wall" in front of it. It is used primarily to hold and, in some cases, to prepare the bread and wine used in the Eucharist.Some Catholic and Orthodox altars are built with a reliquary to hold relics of saints. This practice began in the early centuries of Christianity, when many Christians were forced to hide and worship in catacombs. In these places, the altar was often a coffin holding the body of a Christian, out of simple necessity. Also, some Catholic churches are built with the altar made integral with the foundation, so as to make it near impossible to remove. This is done to make it more likely that that church building would always be used for a church building and not converted to some other usage. The typical dimensions of an Orthodox altar are 39" x 39" x 39".
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Synonym: AltarSynonym: communion table (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Clergy | Churchwarden, sidesman; clerk, precentor, choir; almoner, suisse, verger, beadle, sexton, sacristan; acolyth, acolothyst, acolyte, altar boy; chorister. |
Marriage | Verb: marry, wive, take to oneself a wife; be married, be spliced; go off, pair off; wed, espouse, get hitched, lead to the hymeneal altar, take "for better for worse", give one's hand to, bestow one's hand upon. |
Torch of Hymen, temple of Hymen; hymeneal altar; honeymoon. | |
Match; betrothment; (promise); wedding, nuptials, Hymen, bridal; espousals, spousals; leading to the altar; Verb: nuptial benediction, epithalamium; sealing. | |
Prediction | Anthropomancy; by the entrails of fishes, Ichthyomancy; by sacrificial fire, Pyromancy; by red-hot iron, Sideromancy; by smoke from the altar, Capnomancy; by mice, Myomancy; by birds, Orniscopy, Ornithomancy;Anthropomancy; by the entrails of fishes, Ichthyomancy; by sacrificial fire, Pyromancy; by red-hot iron, Sideromancy; by smoke from the altar, Capnomancy; by mice, Myomancy; by birds, Orniscopy, Ornithomancy; by a cock picking up grains, Alectryomancy (or Alectromancy); by fishes, Ophiomancy; by herbs, Botanomancy; by water, Hydromancy; by fountains, Pegomancy; by a wand, Rhabdomancy; by dough of cakes, Crithomancy; by meal, Aleuromancy, Alphitomancy; by salt, Halomancy; by dice, Cleromancy; by arrows, Belomancy; by a balanced hatchet, Axinomancy; by a balanced sieve |
Temple | Altar, shrine, sanctuary, Holy of Holies, sanctum sanctorum, sacristy; sacrarium; communion table, holy table, Lord's table; table of the Lord; pyx; baptistery, font; piscina, stoup; aumbry; sedile; reredos; rood loft, rood screen. |
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Screenplays | Believe me, Donna, ten million at the altar is worth twenty million in the bush (Three Smart Girls; writing credit: Adele Comandini; Austin Parker) Mom must have some compromising photos of the head priest with an altar boy for them to even be considering Igby (Igby Goes Down; writing credit: Burr Steers) Hey it's the altar boys (The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys; writing credit: Jeff Stockwell) Married a lesbian, left a man at the altar, married a gay ice dancer, threw a girl's wooden leg in the fire, live in a box (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen) Said the Bishop to the altar boy. (The Trip; writing credit: Robert Louis Stevenson; Ron Clements) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Altar of Lust (1971) Del altar a la tumba (1969) Esther's Altar (1965) Subindo os Degraus do Altar (1947) Altar mayor (1944) | |
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 | Celebrates military Mass at the high altar of the Candaleria Cathedral, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, while Franklin D. Roosevelt was visiting that city during her shakedown cruise, February 1946. Members of the ship's crew are assisting Commander O'Callahan. Note Marines at left, one holding an M1 Rifle. Photograph was released for publication on 18 March 1946. Credit: NAVY. |  | St. Augustine's Church (Atlantic City, N.J.). Altar rail. Elevations / [by] The Iron-Craftsmen ; DeLong, Lenski & DeLong, architects. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | St. Denis Church, Merwood, Pa. Sanctuary lamp, altar candelabra. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Murder of Louisiana sacrificed on the altar of radicalism. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | "Can you rest one hand on the sacred altar of Liberty, and with the other extend the domain of the darkest curse . . .". Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The Splendid Altar, Temple of Our Saviour, Moscow, Russia. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Altar to Our Lady of Loretto. Elevation] / J.G.B. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Altar, Flagler Memorial Presbyterian Church, St. Augustine. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Saint with Madonna and child sculpture and altar piece. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Carthage, Tunisia. American Army chaplains inspecting the ruins of the Roman arena where Christian martyrs were thrown to the lions. The altar later erected on the site had been used as a bivouac by German troops. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Altar" by Lynn Cummings Commentary: "Bible and candle on church altar." | "Meditation" by Ren Schroeder Commentary: "A house altar with candlelight and flower.." |
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Joseph De Maistre | Wherever an altar is found, there civilization exists. |
St. Augustine | You can force a man to enter a church, to approach the altar, to receive the Sacrament; but you cannot force him to believe. |
Thomas Jefferson | I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | A similar sideboard, suitably draped with white linen and imitation lace, served for the altar which decorated the oratory |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The rector would be there in a cope of black and gold and there would be tall yellow candles on the altar and round the catafalque |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | JESTER, n. An officer formerly attached to a king's household, whose business it was to amuse the court by ludicrous actions and utterances, the absurdity being attested by his motley costume. The king himself being attired with dignity, it took the world some centuries to discover that his own conduct and decrees were sufficiently ridiculous for the amusement not only of his court but of all mankind. The jester was commonly called a fool, but the poets and romancers have ever delighted to represent him as a singularly wise and witty person. In the circus of to-day the melancholy ghost of the court fool effects the dejection of humbler audiences with the same jests wherewith in life he gloomed the marble hall, panged the patrician sense of humor and tapped the tank of royal tears. The widow-queen of Portugal Had an audacious jester Who entered the confessional Disguised, and there confessed her. "Father," she said, "thine ear bend down -- My sins are more than scarlet: I love my fool -- blaspheming clown, And common, base-born varlet." "Daughter," the mimic priest replied, "That sin, indeed, is awful: The church's pardon is denied To love that is unlawful. "But since thy stubborn heart will be For him forever pleading, Thou'dst better make him, by decree, A man of birth and breeding." She made the fool a duke, in hope With Heaven's taboo to palter; Then told a priest, who told the Pope, Who damned her from the altar! Barel Dort |
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| "Altar" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.77% of the time. "Altar" is used about 878 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.77% | 876 | 8,113 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.11% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (common) | 0.11% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 878 | N/A |
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| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "altar". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Ariel | N/A | Biblical | Altar |
| Ariella | N/A | English | Altar |
| Arielle | N/A | English | Altar |
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Expressions using "altar": altar boy ♦ Altar cloth ♦ Altar cushion ♦ Altar frontal ♦ altar piece ♦ Altar rail ♦ Altar screen ♦ altar server ♦ altar stone ♦ Altar tomb ♦ altar wine ♦ by smoke from the altar ♦ Dominical altar ♦ Family altar ♦ high altar ♦ hymeneal altar ♦ Lady altar ♦ lead to the altar ♦ lead to the hymeneal altar ♦ sacrificial altar ♦ To lead as a bride to the altar. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "altar": altar-boy, altar-boys, altar-candle, Altar-cloth, altar-cloths, altar-flame, altar-frieze, altar-frontal, altar-gether, altar-ist, altar-like, altar-piece, altar-pieces, altar-rail, altar-screen, altar-servers, altar-slab, altar-steps, altar-stone. | |
Ending with "altar": bench-altar, pseudo-altar. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
altar | 222 | altar call | 10 |
altar boy | 146 | buddhist altar | 10 |
altar screen | 67 | altar bread | 9 |
altar drapery | 62 | wiccan altar | 9 |
dangerous life of altar boy the | 60 | altar cloths | 9 |
altar race | 54 | altar zeus | 8 |
altar inner | 31 | altar candle | 8 |
wiccan altar supply | 27 | altar linen | 8 |
altar covering | 26 | altar celestial | 7 |
altar craft witch | 26 | altar girl | 7 |
altar server | 23 | altar portable | 6 |
altar chat | 18 | altar wine | 6 |
altar supply | 14 | altar flower | 6 |
altar mexico | 13 | prayer altar | 6 |
altar brazen | 13 | little altar everywhere | 6 |
church altar | 13 | altar incense | 6 |
altar familiar | 13 | altar tool | 6 |
wicca altar | 11 | virtual altar | 5 |
altar table | 11 | altar stone | 5 |
home altar | 10 | pagan altar | 5 |
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| Language | Translations for "altar"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | altaar. (various references) | |
Albanian | altar (chancel). (various references) | |
Arabic | مذبح الكنيسة, مذبح (slaughterhouse), هيكل (armature, body, carcass, frame, framework, framing, sanctuary, shell, structure, temple). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | олтар (communion table, presbytery, sanctuary, shrine), жертвеник. (various references) | |
Catalan | altar. (various references) | |
Chinese | 祭壇 , 法坛, 壇 . (various references) | |
Czech | oltář. (various references) | |
Danish | alter. (various references) | |
Dutch | altaar. (various references) | |
Esperanto | altaro. (various references) | |
Farsi | محراب , مذبح , مجمره , قربانگاه . (various references) | |
Finnish | alttari. (various references) | |
French | autel. (various references) | |
Frisian | alter. (various references) | |
German | Altar. (various references) | |
Greek | βωμόσ (shrine), βωμός, Άγια Τράπεζα, άγια τράπεζα. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מוקד (fire, focus, hearth, heat), מזבח. (various references) | |
Hungarian | oltár (communion table, shrine). (various references) | |
Indonesian | altar. (various references) | |
Irish | altóir. (various references) | |
Italian | altare. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 聖壇 , 祭壇 , 祭壇 , 供物台 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | くもつだい, さいだん (cutting), せいだん (discussion of a law case, imperial decision, star cluster, talking politics). (various references) | |
Korean | 제단. (various references) | |
Manx | clagh oural (altar stone), boayrd casherick, altaragh, altar. (various references) | |
Papiamen | altar, altá. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | altaray.(various references) | |
Polish | ołtarz. (various references) | |
Portuguese | altar (lord's table). (various references) | |
Romanian | altar (Fane, sanctuary, shrine), sanctuar (sanctuary, shrine), proscomidie (anaphora). (various references) | |
Russian | алтарь (altarpiece, chancel, sanctuary). (various references) | |
Scottish | altair (pl. -raichean). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | oltar (shrine). (various references) | |
Spanish | altar (shrine). (various references) | |
Swedish | altare (sanctuary). (various references) | |
Tagalog | altár, dambanà. (various references) | |
Thai | แต่งงานกับผู้หญิง (คำเก่า) (lead a woman to the altar). (various references) | |
Turkish | altar, sunak, mihrap, kurban kesilen taş. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | вівтар (chancel, sanctuary, shrine), олтар, престол, поріг (apron, cataract, door step, riffle, sill, sole, threshold). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | bệ thờ, bàn thờ (disorientation). (various references) | |
Welsh | allor. (various references) | |
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| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | altare, altari, altaria, altaribus, altarii, altario, altaris, altarium, amasa, amasae, amasai, amasam, ara, arabes, arabum, araceum, arad, arae, aram, ararum, aras, aree, arihel, asa, asadiam, asaiam, asam, asamian, aseas, asum, focos, focum, focus, gerarae, sisara, sisarae, sisaram. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 35, Verse 7 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai wkodomhsen ekei qusiasthrion kai ekalesen to onoma tou topou baiqhl ekei gar epefanh autw o qeoV en tw apodidraskein auton apo proswpou hsau tou adelfou autou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Aedificavitque ibi altare et appellavit nomen loci Domus Dei ibi enim apparuit ei Deus cum fugeret fratrem suum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And he bilde there an auteer, and clepide the name of that place The hows of God; there forsothe aperyde God to hym, whanne he shulde flee his brother. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And he buylded there an aulter and called the place Elbethell: because that God appered vnto him there when he fled from his brother. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And he erected there an altar, and called the place El-beth-el; because there God appeared to him, when he fled from the face of his brother. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And there he made an altar, naming the place El-beth-el: because it was there he had the vision of God when he was in flight from his brother. |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 35, Verse 7 |
| Cebuano | Ug nagtukod siya didto ug usa ka halaran, ug iyang gihinganlan ang dapit El-Bethel, kay didto mitungha kaniya ang Dios sa pagkalagiw niya gikan sa atubangan sa iyang igsoon nga lalake. |
| Croatian | Ondje sagradi žrtvenik i mjesto nazva El Betel, jer mu se ondje Bog objavio kad on bježaše pred svojim bratom Ezavom. |
| Danish | og han byggede et Alter der og kaldte Stedet: Betels Gud, thi der havde Gud åbenbaret sig for ham, da han flygtede for sin Broder. |
| Dutch | En hij bouwde aldaar een altaar, en noemde die plaats El Beth-el; want God was hem aldaar geopenbaard geweest, als hij voor zijns broeders aangezicht vlood. |
| Finnish | Ja hän rakensi sinne alttarin ja nimitti paikan Eel-Beeteliksi, koska Jumala oli siellä ilmestynyt hänelle, silloin kun hän pakeni veljeään. |
| French | Il bâtit là un autel, et il appela ce lieu El Béthel; car c`est là que Dieu s`était révélé à lui lorsqu`il fuyait son frère. |
| German | und baute daselbst einen Altar und hieß die Stätte El-Beth-El, darum daß ihm daselbst Gott offenbart war, da er floh vor seinem Bruder. |
| Haitian Creole | Li bati yon lotèl la, li rele kote a Betèl, paske se la Bondye te parèt devan li lè li t'ap kouri pou frè l' la. |
| Hungarian | És építe ott oltárt, és nevezé a helyet Él-Béthelnek, mivelhogy ott jelent meg néki az Isten, mikor az õ bátyja elõtt fut vala. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Di situ Yakub mendirikan mezbah dan menamakan tempat itu "El-Betel", karena Allah telah menampakkan diri kepadanya di situ ketika ia lari dari abangnya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka diperbuatnyalah di sana sebuah mezbah dan dinamainya tempat menyatakan diri-Nya kepadanya, tatkala Yakub lari dari hadapan abangnya. |
| Maori | A ka hanga e ia he aata ki reira, a huaina iho e ia taua wahi ko Erepeteere: no te mea hoki i puta mai te Atua ki a ia i reira, i tona rerenga i te aroaro o tona tuakana. |
| Norwegian | Og han bygget der et alter og kalte stedet El-Betel*; for der hadde Gud åpenbaret sig for ham da han flyktet for sin bror. # <* d.e. Betels Gud.> |
| Portuguese | Edificou ali um altar, e chamou ao lugar El-Betel; porque ali Deus se lhe tinha manifestado quando fugia da face de seu irmão. |
| Swedish | Och han byggde där ett altare och kallade platsen El-Betel*, därför att Gud där hade uppenbarat sig för honom, när han flydde för sin broder. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "altar": altarpiece, altarpieces, altars. (additional references) | |
Words containing "altar": saltarelli, saltarello, saltarellos. (additional references) | |
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"Altar" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aftar, Aitor, alar, alara, alard, alark, alarp, alat, alata, Alatri, Alatyr, Albar, Albaro, Alcar, aldar, alear, Aleta, alfar, Alhadra, alita, aliter, allar, Almagro, almar, Almara, alota, Alster, altae, Altaf, altai, altair, altan, altare, altarf, Altarnum, altas, altay, Altcar, altec, alterc, altero, alterum, altier, Altmark, altor, altra, altray, Altyre, antar, antra, apter, Astar, Atar, atear, Atla, Atlaal, Atlam, atra, autair, autar, avtur, Baltard, elitair, Elstar, Iltr, Kaltbad, Railtrak, Yalgaar. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "altar" (pronounced ô"lter) |
| 4 | ô" l t er | alter, falter, halter, psalter, Salter. |
| 3 | -l t er | belter, Bolter, Colter, Coulter, filter, kelter, kilter, molter, Poulter, Quilter, Realtor, shelter, skelter, smelter, swelter, welter. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: artal, ratal, talar. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-l-r-t" | |
-1 letter: alar, tala. | |
-2 letters: aal, ala, alt, art, lar, lat, rat, tar. | |
-3 letters: aa, al, ar, at, la, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-l-r-t" | |
+1 letter: altars, antral, aortal, astral, atrial, hartal, lariat, latria, ratals, talars, tarnal, tarsal. | |
+2 letters: alastor, apteral, astrals, astylar, austral, caltrap, flatcar, fractal, gastral, hartals, lactary, lariats, laterad, lateral, latrias, lazaret, marital, martial, natural, partial, plantar, ratable, ratably, rattail, stratal, tabular, talaria, tarsals, travail, trehala. | |
+3 letters: acrylate, adulator, agrestal, alacrity, alarmist, alastors, aleatory, alterant, antheral, arbalest, arbalist, arbitral, areolate, argental, arillate, arrantly, arterial, asternal, astragal, astrally, australs, barbital, betrayal, bracteal, brantail, caltraps, calyptra, cartable, cartload, claptrap, claustra, curtalax, diastral, flagrant, flatcars, flatware, fractals, gastrula, glabrate, iatrical, kalyptra, lacerate, lariated, laterals, laudator, laureate, lavatory, lazarets, loadstar, malapert, maltreat, material, maternal, matronal, naturals, notarial, palestra, palpator, parental, parietal, parlante, partials, pastoral, pastural, patellar, paternal, patronal, phratral, placater, plastral, pratfall, prenatal, primatal, rataplan, rateable, rateably, rational, rattails, relaxant, salariat, salutary, spatular, stalwart, taffarel, taffrail, tailrace, tarlatan, tarletan, tarnally, tearable, thoracal, tracheal, tradable, tragical, trapball, travails, trehalas, triaxial, valerate, valuator, varietal. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Quotations: Familiar 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Names: Derived from 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Bible Trace 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Bibliography |
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