מֻקְטָר
qāṭar
incense
Strong's H6999VerbHebrewTWOT 2011Worship

מֻקְטָר (qāṭar) is a Hebrew verb meaning incense. It appears 117 times in 15 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6999).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2011)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2011)make sacrifices smoke; fumigated with myrrh; cause incense to smoke, offer incense, make smoke; be made to smoke; smoke, turn into fragrance by fire; burn, incense, kindle, offer
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

קָטַר verb, denominative: make sacrifices smoke

Strong's H6999 קָטַר: to smoke, i.e. turn into fragrance by fire (especially as an act of worship)
KJV:burn (incense, sacrifice) (upon), (altar for) incense, kindle, offer (incense, a sacrifice).

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.

See it in Scripture

Exodus 29:13Leviticus 1:9Numbers 5:26

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