קְטֹרֶתqᵉṭôreth
smoke, odour of (burning) sacrifice, incense
Pronunciation: ket-o'-reth · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7004
Meanings
1. sweet smoke of sacrifice (Isaiah 1:13; Psalms 141:2; Psalms 66:15)
2. incense (Exodus 25:6; Exodus 30:7; Exodus 31:11)
3. perfume (Ezekiel 16:18; Ezekiel 23:41; Proverbs 27:9)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 60 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 25:6 olive oil for the lamps; spices for the anointing oil and the fragrant incense;
- Exodus 30:1 “Then make another altar of acacia wood for burning incense.
- 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 30:9 Do not offer any unholy incense on this altar, or any burnt offerings, grain offerings, or liquid offerings.
- Exodus 30:27 the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and all its accessories, the incense altar,
See every passage
- Exodus 25:6, 30:1, 30:7, 30:8, 30:9, 30:27, 30:35, 30:37, 31:8, 31:11, 35:8, 35:15, 35:28, 37:25, 37:29, 39:38, 40:5, 40:27
- Leviticus 4:7, 10:1, 16:12, 16:13
- Numbers 4:16, 7:14, 7:20, 7:26, 7:32, 7:38, 7:44, 7:50, 7:56, 7:62, 7:68, 7:74, 7:80, 7:86, 16:7, 16:17, 16:18, 16:35, 16:40, 16:46, 16:47
- 1 Samuel 2:28
- 1 Chronicles 6:49, 28:18
- 2 Chronicles 2:4, 13:11, 26:16, 26:19, 29:7
- Psalms 66:15, 141:2
- Proverbs 27:9
- Isaiah 1:13
- Ezekiel 8:11, 16:18, 23:41
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).