G1041

βωμός

bōmos

Masculine noun · From the base of βάσις (G939)

From the base of G939; properly, a stand, i.e. (specially) an altar:—altar.

Outline

an elevated place

very often a raised place on which to offer a sacrifice, an altar

Usages

Acts 17:23

For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.

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