the altar for slaying and burning of victims used of
the altar of whole burnt offerings which stood in the court of the priests in the temple at Jerusalem
the altar of incense which stood in the sanctuary or the Holy Place
any other altar
metaph., the cross on which Christ suffered an expiatory death: to eat of this altar i.e. to appropriate to one's self the fruits of Christ's expiatory death
Greek lexicon based on Thayer's and Smith's Bible Dictionary plus others; this is keyed to the large Kittel and the "Theological Dictionary of the New Testament." These files are public domain.
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