βωμόςbōmós

properly, a stand, i.e. (specially) an altar

Greek (New Testament) · G1041

Meanings

1. any raised place, a platform.

2. an altar: Acts 17:23.

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 1 times in the Bible.

  • Acts 17:23 for as I was walking along I saw your many shrines. And one of your altars had this inscription on it: ‘To an Unknown God.’ This God, whom you worship without knowing, is the one I’m telling you about.

Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.