קָטַרqâṭar
קָטַר: make sacrifices smoke, send them up in smoke, properly produce קְטֹרֶת
Pronunciation: kaw-tar' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6999
Meanings
Pi`el: to the brazen serpent, make sacrifices smoke, offer them by burning (Jeremiah 19:13; Jeremiah 44:21; Jeremiah 44:23)
Pu`al: fumigated (Song of Solomon 3:6)
Hiph`il: construct (Leviticus 9:10; Exodus 29:13; Exodus 29:18)
1. make sacrifices smoke
a. in worship of ׳ י (1 Kings 12:33; 1 Kings 13:1; 2 Chronicles 29:11)
b. less often in worship of other gods (1 Kings 11:8; Jeremiah 48:35; Hosea 2:15)
2. cause incense to smoke, offer incense (2 Chronicles 2:5; 2 Chronicles 26:18; 2 Chronicles 26:19)
3. make smoke (1 Chronicles 6:34; 1 Chronicles 23:13)
Hoph`al: be made to smoke, as a sacrifice (Leviticus 6:15; Malachi 1:11)
מֻקְטָר: incense (Malachi 1:11)
מְקַטֵּרָה: incense-alter (2 Chronicles 30:14)
Same root
- מִקְטָרmiqṭâr · H4729something to fume (incense) on i.e. a hearth place
- קְטוֹרָהqᵉṭôwrâh · H6988perfume
- קְטוּרָהQᵉṭûwrâh · H6989Keturah, a wife of Abraham
- קִטֵּרqiṭṭêr · H7002perfume
- קִטְרוֹןQiṭrôwn · H7003Kitron, a place in Palestine
- קְטֹרֶתqᵉṭôreth · H7004a fumigation
- קִיטוֹרqîyṭôwr · H7008a fume, i.e. cloud
Where it appears
Appears 116 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 29:13 Take all the fat around the internal organs, the long lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat around them, and burn it all on the altar.
- Exodus 29:18 then burn the entire animal on the altar. This is a burnt offering to the Lord; it is a pleasing aroma, a special gift presented to the Lord.
- Exodus 29:25 Afterward take the various breads from their hands, and burn them on the altar along with the burnt offering. It is a pleasing aroma to the Lord, a special gift for him.
- Exodus 30:7 “Every morning when Aaron maintains the lamps, he must burn fragrant incense on the altar.
- Exodus 30:8 And each evening when he lights the lamps, he must again burn incense in the Lord’s presence. This must be done from generation to generation.
- Exodus 30:20 They must wash with water whenever they go into the Tabernacle to appear before the Lord and when they approach the altar to burn up their special gifts to the Lord—or they will die!
See every passage
- Exodus 29:13, 29:18, 29:25, 30:7, 30:8, 30:20, 40:27
- Leviticus 1:9, 1:13, 1:15, 1:17, 2:2, 2:9, 2:11, 2:16, 3:5, 3:11, 3:16, 4:10, 4:19, 4:26, 4:31, 4:35, 5:12, 6:12, 6:15, 6:22, 7:5, 7:31, 8:16, 8:20, 8:21, 8:28, 9:10, 9:13, 9:14, 9:17, 9:20, 16:25, 17:6
- Numbers 5:26, 16:40, 18:17
- 1 Samuel 2:15, 2:16, 2:28
- 1 Kings 3:3, 9:25, 11:8, 12:33, 13:1, 13:2, 22:43
- 2 Kings 12:3, 14:4, 15:4, 15:35, 16:4, 16:13, 16:15, 17:11, 18:4, 22:17, 23:5, 23:8
- 1 Chronicles 6:49, 23:13
- 2 Chronicles 2:4, 2:6, 13:11, 25:14, 26:16, 26:18, 26:19, 28:3, 28:4, 28:25, 29:7, 29:11, 30:14, 32:12, 34:25
- Song of Solomon 3:6
- Isaiah 65:3, 65:7
- Jeremiah 1:16, 7:9, 11:12, 11:13, 11:17, 18:15, 19:4, 19:13, 32:29, 33:18, 44:3, 44:5, 44:8, 44:15, 44:17, 44:18, 44:19, 44:21, 44:23, 44:25, 48:35
- Hosea 2:13, 4:13, 11:2
- Amos 4:5
- Habakkuk 1:16
- Malachi 1:11
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).