Strong's Definition
to smoke, i.e. turn into fragrance by fire (especially as an act of worship)
Derivation: a primitive root (identical with through the idea of fumigation in a close place and perhaps thus driving out the occupants);
KJV Usage: burn (incense, sacrifice) (upon), (altar for) incense, kindle, offer (incense, a sacrifice).
TWOT Reference: 2011,e,g
Outline of Biblical Usage
v
1) to sacrifice, burn incense, burn sacrifices, make sacrifices smoke
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to make sacrifices smoke
1a2) to sacrifice
1b) (Pual) to smoke a sacrifice
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to make sacrifices smoke
1c2) to cause incense to smoke, offer incense
1c3) to make smoke upon
1d) (Hophal) to be made to smoke
n m
2) incense
n f
3) incense-altar
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
קָטַר
qâṭar
BDB Definition:
1) to sacrifice, burn incense, burn sacrifices, make sacrifices smoke (verb)
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to make sacrifices smoke
1a2) to sacrifice
1b) (Pual) to smoke a sacrifice
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to make sacrifices smoke
1c2) to cause incense to smoke, offer incense
1c3) to make smoke upon
1d) (Hophal) to be made to smoke
2) incense (noun masculine)
3) incense-altar (noun feminine)
Part of Speech: see above in Definition
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root [identical with H7000 through the idea of fumigation in a close place and perhaps thus driving out the occupants]
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2011, 2011e, 2011g
Total KJV Occurrences: 169