G1041: βωμός
bōmós · “altar”
Definition
properly, a stand, i.e. (specially) an altar
KJV translates it as: altar
Word origin: from the base of G939 (βάσις);
Extended definition
βωμός, -οῦ, ὁ
(βαίνω), [in LXX (Hex.) for מִזְבֵּחַ, in Proph., chiefly for בָּמָה ;]
1. any raised place, a platform.
2. an altar: Act.17:23 (cf. θυσιαστήριον and see DB, i, 75).
† (AS)
(βαίνω), [in LXX (Hex.) for מִזְבֵּחַ, in Proph., chiefly for בָּמָה ;]
1. any raised place, a platform.
2. an altar: Act.17:23 (cf. θυσιαστήριον and see DB, i, 75).
† (AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G1041 is translated
- an altar ×1
Bible verses with G1041 (bōmós)
Bōmós appears in 1 verse.
- 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.