Lexical Definition
βωμός bōmós (bo'-mos) altar G:N-M
from the base of βάσις
altar.
- properly, a stand, i.e. (specially) an altar
| Form | Translated As | In Verse(s) |
|---|---|---|
| βωμὸν | an altar | Acts.17.23 |
| βωμών | of their shrines | LXX.Jer.17.1 |
| shrines | LXX.2Chr.34.3 • LXX.Isa.27.9 | |
| their shrines | LXX.Jer.17.2 | |
| βωμόσ | Shrine | LXX.Jer.7.32 |
| your shrine | LXX.Isa.15.2 | |
| βωμόν | a shrine | LXX.Josh.22.10 • LXX.Josh.22.11 • LXX.Josh.22.16 • LXX.Josh.22.19 • LXX.Josh.22.23 |
| shrine | LXX.Num.23.2 • LXX.Num.23.4 • LXX.Num.23.14 • LXX.Num.23.30 • LXX.Josh.22.10 • LXX.Josh.22.34 • LXX.Jer.7.31 • LXX.Jer.48.35 | |
| this shrine | LXX.Josh.22.26 | |
| βωμούσ | Their shrines | LXX.Exod.34.13 • LXX.Deut.7.5 • LXX.Deut.12.3 |
| shrines | LXX.Num.23.1 • LXX.Num.23.4 • LXX.Num.23.14 • LXX.Num.23.29 • LXX.Jer.11.13 • LXX.Jer.32.35 | |
| βωμοίσ | shrines | LXX.Isa.16.12 • LXX.Isa.17.8 |
| βωμοί | her shrines | LXX.Jer.49.2 |
| shrines | LXX.Hos.10.8 • LXX.Amos.7.9 |
Abbott-Smith
βωμός, -οῦ, ὁ (< βαίνω), [in LXX (Hex.) for מִזְבֵּחַ, in Proph., chiefly for בָּמָה ;]
1. any raised place, a platform.
2. an altar: Ac 17:23 (cf. θυσιαστήριον and v. DB, i, 75).†
Abbott-Smith References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Acts | 17:23 |
Liddell-Scott-Jones
βωμός, ὁ,
(βαίνω) raised platform, stand, for chariots, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; base of a statue, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 mostly, altar with a base, ἱερὸς β. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of suppliants, ποτὶ βωμὸν ἵζεσθαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; βωμοῖσι προσῆσθαι, προσπεσόντα βωμῷ καθῆσθαι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also in Prose, β. ἱδρύσασθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 later, tomb, cairn, [Refs]
__4 title of poems by Dosiades and Besantinus, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__5 altar-shaped cake, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__6 Ζεὺς Βωμός, probably a Syrian god, [Refs]
__7 central fire in the system of Philolaus, accusative to [Refs]
__8 in plural, ={ἔμβολοι}, [Refs 5th c.AD+]