Burnt-offering
an offering burnt upon an altar in sacrifice to a deity.
Historical Examples
Notes on the Book of Leviticus C. H. Mackintosh
The Children’s Bible Henry A. Sherman
Egholm and his God Johannes Buchholtz
The Children’s Bible Henry A. Sherman
The Expositor’s Bible: The Book of Leviticus S H Kellogg
The Children’s Bible Henry A. Sherman
The Expositor’s Bible: The First Book of Samuel W. G. Blaikie
The Expositor’s Bible: The Book of Leviticus S H Kellogg
Twos and Threes G. B. Stern
The Expositor’s Bible: The Book of Leviticus S H Kellogg
noun
a sacrificial offering burnt, usually on an altar, to honour, propitiate, or supplicate a deity
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