Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

burnt offering

/bɝnt ˈɔfəɹɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.93 in modern English

Syllables: burnt of-fer-ing
IPA: /bɝnt ˈɔfəɹɪŋ/

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A slaughtered animal offered and burnt on an altar as an atonement for sin.

noun

Any similar sacrifice to a deity or deities, or to a deceased person.

noun

Overcooked food that is nevertheless served.

Humorous

Example Sentences

"[…] Job ſent for them, and clenſed them agayne, ſtode vp early, and offred for eueryone a brẽtofferinge [brentofferinge]."
"When they faſt I will not heare their crie, and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation I wil not accept them: but I will conſume them by the ſword, and by the famine, and by the peſtilence."
"A cooler oven would give heavy, doughy loaves while a hotter oven would provide the family with the inevitable burnt offerings."

Etymology

PIE word *h₁epi From Middle English brend offring, brend offringe, from brend (past participle of brennen (“to burn”)) + offring, offringe (“presentation of something as a religious offering; offering presented to God or another deity”), used in biblical texts to translate Late Latin holocaustum (“burnt offering wholly consumed by fire”) in the Vulgate version of the Bible. The English term is analysable as burnt + offering.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *bʰrewh₁-, brend offring

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /bɝnt ˈɔfəɹɪŋ/
British English: /bɜːnt ˈɒfəɹɪŋ/

Usage

Humorous

Inflected Forms

burnt offerings (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce burnt offering?: The recorded pronunciation is /bɝnt ˈɔfəɹɪŋ/.
What does burnt offering mean?: A slaughtered animal offered and burnt on an altar as an atonement for sin.
Where does burnt offering come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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