Lexicon
מִקְטֶ֫רֶת
miq.te.ret
H4730
H:N-F Hebrew

censer

2
Occurrences
2
Books
Hebrew
Language

miq.te.ret denotes a hand-held item associated with burning incense or its rising cloud.

The two occurrences show a hand-held item associated with incense: one is held for burning incense, and the other is held while an incense cloud rises.

Senses in use

  1. Hand-held item used with incense · dominant

    In 2 Chronicles 26:19, the feminine singular absolute form is in Uzziah's hand as he acts “to burn incense.” In Ezekiel 8:11, the feminine singular construct form is held by each man while “the odour of the cloud of the incense was rising.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across 2 Chronicles 26:19 and Ezekiel 8:11, the APB presents the item as a “censer” held in the hand. The surrounding clauses chiefly confirm its association with burning incense and its rising cloud.

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