מִקְטֶרֶתmiqṭereth

censer (2 Chronicles 26:19; Ezekiel 8:11)

Pronunciation: mik-teh'-reth · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4730

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Chronicles 26:19 Uzziah, who was holding an incense burner, became furious. But as he was standing there raging at the priests before the incense altar in the Lord’s Temple, leprosy suddenly broke out on his forehead.
  • Ezekiel 8:11 Seventy leaders of Israel were standing there with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan in the center. Each of them held an incense burner, from which a cloud of incense rose above their heads.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).