מַחְתָּה
maḥtâ
fire-holder
Strong's H4289NounHebrewTWOT 777a

מַחְתָּה (maḥtâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning fire-holder. It appears 22 times in 7 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4289).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 777a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 777a)fire-holder, censer, snuff-dish; pan; firepan, snuffdish
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מַחְתָּה noun, feminine: fire-holder, censer, snuff-dish

Strong's H4289 מַחְתָּה: a pan for live coals
KJV:censer, firepan, snuffdish.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 777: חָתָה ḥātâ — snatch up; hold, pick; heap, take

See it in Scripture

Exodus 25:38Leviticus 10:1Numbers 4:9

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