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מִזְבֵּחַ H4196

H4196 is the Hebrew word מִזְבֵּחַ, transliterated mizbêach and said miz-bay'-akh. The King James Version most often renders it altar.

Word: מִזְבֵּחַTransliteration: mizbêachSaid: miz-bay'-akhLanguage: HebrewIn the KJV: 306 verses

What it means

an altar.

Where it comes from

from H2076 (זָבַח).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 343 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

altar 271×altars 43×mine altar 7×against the altar 4×every altar 3×thine altar 3×thereof upon the altar 2×off the altar 2×you an altar 2×behold the altar 2×thine altars 2×along by the altar 2×

Strong's own list of renderings: altar.

Verses using מִזְבֵּחַ

The first 40 of 306 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 8:20 · KJV

And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.

Genesis 12:7 · KJV

And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.

Genesis 12:8 · KJV

And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD.

Genesis 13:4 · KJV

Unto the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

Genesis 13:18 · KJV

Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.

Genesis 22:9 · KJV

And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.

Genesis 26:25 · KJV

And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac’s servants digged a well.

Genesis 33:20 · KJV

And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael.

Genesis 35:1 · KJV

And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.

Genesis 35:3 · KJV

And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.

Genesis 35:7 · KJV

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.

Exodus 17:15 · KJV

And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi:

Exodus 20:24 · KJV

An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.

Exodus 20:25 · KJV

And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.

Exodus 20:26 · KJV

Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.

Exodus 21:14 · KJV

But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

Exodus 24:4 · KJV

And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

Exodus 27:1 · KJV

And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits.

Exodus 27:5 · KJV

And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.

Exodus 27:6 · KJV

And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.

Exodus 27:7 · KJV

And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.

Exodus 28:43 · KJV

And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him.

Exodus 29:12 · KJV

And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar.

Exodus 29:18 · KJV

And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt offering unto the LORD: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

Exodus 29:20 · KJV

Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about.

Exodus 29:21 · KJV

And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons’ garments with him.

Exodus 29:25 · KJV

And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the LORD: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

Exodus 29:36 · KJV

And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it.

Exodus 29:37 · KJV

Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.

Exodus 29:38 · KJV

Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually.

Exodus 29:44 · KJV

And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest’s office.

Exodus 30:1 · KJV

And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it.

Exodus 30:18 · KJV

Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein.

Exodus 30:20 · KJV

When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD:

Exodus 30:27 · KJV

And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense,

Exodus 30:28 · KJV

And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot.

Exodus 31:8 · KJV

And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense,

Exodus 31:9 · KJV

And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the laver and his foot,

Exodus 32:5 · KJV

And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD.

Exodus 34:13 · KJV

But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves:

Common questions

What does Strong's H4196 mean?

H4196 is the Hebrew word מִזְבֵּחַ (mizbêach), meaning an altar.

How is H4196 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it altar (271 times), altars (43 times), mine altar (7 times), against the altar (4 times), every altar (3 times), among others.

How many times does H4196 appear in the Bible?

מִזְבֵּחַ (mizbêach) is tagged in 306 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H4196 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: from H2076 (זָבַח).

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