James 2:21:16Jas.2.21.W16TAB
θυσιαστήριον
thusiastêrion
“altar”
- Transliteration
- thu-si-a-STÊ-ri-on
- Extended
- thoo-see-ah-STÊ-ree-ohn
- IPA
- /tʰy.si.aˈstɛː.ri.on/
Meaning by language
- English
- altar
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Theta | th — as in thin | |
| Upsilon | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Rho | r — rolled r | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new |
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Word in context
- word
thu-si-a-STÊ-ri-on
- sentence
a-bra-AM ho pa-TEER hê-MON ouk eks ER-gon e-di-kai-O-thê a-ne-NEN-gas i-sa-AK ton hy-ON au-TOU e-PEE to thu-si-a-STÊ-ri-on
Exegesis
Finally, epi to thysiastērion {ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον | epí tó thysiastḗrion} ‘upon the altar’ situates the event in sacrificial worship, and the participial clause is rendered as “when he offered” to clarify the logical connection in James’s argument.
Root and etymology
θυσία
“sacrifice, offering”
In context — James 2:21
Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son upon the altar ?
About this coordinate
James 2:21:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of James 2:21, so the Greek word θυσιαστήριον (thusiastêrion) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Jas.2.21.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (Jas.2.21.W16.S1) and character.