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Strong's #6999 - קָטַר

Transliteration
qâṭar
Phonetics
kaw-tar'
Origin
a primitive root [identical with (H7000) through the idea of fumigation in a close place and perhaps thus driving out the occupants]
Parts of Speech
N/A
TWOT
2011,2011e,2011g
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

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)

Greek Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 399 ‑ ἀναφέρω (an‑af‑er'‑o);  2007 ‑ ἐπιτίθημι (ep‑ee‑tith'‑ay‑mee);  4374 ‑ προσφέρω (pros‑fer'‑o);  2005 ‑ ἐπιτελέω (ep‑ee‑tel‑eh'‑o);  2380 ‑ θύω (thoo'‑o);  2370 ‑ θυμιάω (thoo‑mee‑ah'‑o);  2368 ‑ θυμίαμα (thoo‑mee'‑am‑ah);  
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (116)
Exodus 8
Leviticus 33
Numbers 3
1 Samuel 4
1 Kings 7
2 Kings 13
1 Chronicles 2
2 Chronicles 16
Song of Solomon 1
Isaiah 2
Jeremiah 21
Hosea 3
Amos 1
Habakkuk 1
Malachi 1
NAS (209)
Exodus 13
Leviticus 66
Numbers 5
1 Samuel 4
1 Kings 14
2 Kings 24
1 Chronicles 3
2 Chronicles 26
Song of Solomon 1
Isaiah 4
Jeremiah 40
Hosea 6
Amos 1
Habakkuk 2
HCS (114)
Exodus 8
Leviticus 33
Numbers 3
1 Samuel 4
1 Kings 7
2 Kings 13
1 Chronicles 2
2 Chronicles 15
Song of Solomon 1
Isaiah 2
Jeremiah 21
Hosea 3
Amos 1
Habakkuk 1
BSB (116)
Exodus 8
Leviticus 33
Numbers 3
1 Samuel 4
1 Kings 7
2 Kings 13
1 Chronicles 2
2 Chronicles 16
Song of Solomon 1
Isaiah 2
Jeremiah 21
Hosea 3
Amos 1
Habakkuk 1
Malachi 1
ESV (106)
Leviticus 33
Numbers 3
1 Samuel 4
1 Kings 7
2 Kings 13
1 Chronicles 2
2 Chronicles 15
Isaiah 2
Jeremiah 21
Hosea 3
Amos 1
Habakkuk 1
Malachi 1
WEB (120)
Exodus 9
Leviticus 34
Numbers 3
1 Samuel 4
1 Kings 7
2 Kings 13
1 Chronicles 2
2 Chronicles 17
Song of Solomon 1
Isaiah 2
Jeremiah 21
Hosea 3
Amos 2
Habakkuk 1
Malachi 1
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2705) ruq (קתהר QThR) AC: Burn CO: Incense AB: ?: The aromatic burning of incense or fat as an offering. [from: uq- made short by killing]

V) ruq (קתהר QThR) - I. Burn:To burn a sacrifice or incense. II. Join:[Unknown connection to root;] KJV (118): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Hophal, Piel, Pual) incense, burn, offer, kindle, offering - Strongs: H6999 (קָטַר), H7000 (קָטַר)

cf1) erfuq (קתהורה QThWRH) - Incense: KJV (1): incense - Strongs: H6988 (קְטוֹרָה)

cf2) trfuq (קתהורת QThWRT) - Incense: KJV (60): incense, perfume - Strongs: H7004 (קְטֹרֶת)

ef) ruiq (קיתהר QYThR) - Incense: KJV (1): incense - Strongs: H7002 (קִטֵּר)

hm) ruqm (מקתהר MQThR) - Burning: A place for burning incense. KJV (1): burn - Strongs: H4729 (מִקְטָר)

hf2) truqm (מקתהרת MQThRT) - Censer: What is used to hold the incense. KJV (2): censor - Strongs: H4730 (מִקְטֶרֶת)

ecm) rfuiq (קיתהור QYThWR) - Smoke: The smoke of the burning incense or fat. KJV (4): smoke, vapour - Strongs: H7008 (קִיטר)

AHL Definitions Copyright: ©1999-2024
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 [קָטַר]115 verb denominative Pi`el Hiph`il make sacrifices smoke, send them up in smoke (properly produce קְטֹרֶת, see Sta ZAW vi (1886), 298f.); —

Pi`el42 Perfect 3 masculine plural קִטְּרוּ Jeremiah 19:13 +, קִטַּרְתֶּם Jeremiah 44:21,23; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יְקַטֵּר Habakkuk 1:16 +; 3 masculine plural יְקַטֵּר֑וּן Hosea 11:2, etc.; Infinitive absolute קַטֵּר 1 Samuel 2:16 +; construct Jeremiah 11:13 +, Participle plural מְקַטְּרִים Isaiah 65:3 +, etc.; — make sacrifices smoke, offer them by burning : to ׳י, 1 Samuel 2:16 (where probably read יְקַטְּרוּן [and Song of Solomon 1Samuel 2:15] Sta l.c. 299): elsewhere to other gods or in illegal worship, Jeremiah 44:23; with accusative קִטֵּר (but see this, below) Jeremiah 44:21 (here [and al. in some other passages] of incense), תּוֺדָה Amos 4:5; place is usually with ב, e.g. כַּבָּמוֺת 2 Kings 17:11; 2 Kings 23:5; עוֺד הָעָם מְוַבְּחִים וּמְקַטְּרִיםבַּבָּמוֺת 1 Kings 22:44; 2 Kings 12:4; 2 Kings 14:4; 2 Kings 15:4,35 (R), compare 2 Kings 16:4 2 Chronicles 28:4 (compare RS Sem.i. 471; 2nd ed. 490); אֲשֶׁר׳הַבּ קִטְּרוּ שָׁמָּה 2 Kings 23:8; with עַל e.g. על הגבעות Hosea 4:13, על גג(ו)ת Jeremiah 19:13; Jeremiah 32:29, על הלבנים Isaiah 65:3, על ההרים Isaiah 65:7; with לְ of deity, Hosea 11:2; Jeremiah 1:16 14t. Jeremiah (+ Jeremiah 19:13; Jeremiah 32:29 above), Habakkuk 1:16; 2 Kings 22:17; 2 Kings 23:5; 2 Chronicles 25:14; 28:25; 34:25 Qr (>Kt

Hiph`il), to the brazen serpent 2 Kings 18:4.

Pu`al Participle ׳מְקֻטֶּרֶת מֹר וגו Song of Solomon 3:6 fumigated with myrrh, etc. (Aq ᵑ9 Schlottm מִקְּטֹרֶת).

Hiph`il n Perfect 3 masculine singular הִקְטִיר Leviticus 9:10 +; 2 masculine singular הִקְטַרְתָּ Exodus 29:13,18,25, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יַקְטִיר Leviticus 4:26; Leviticus 16:25; Exodus 40:27 +, etc.: Imperative masculine singular הַקְטֵר 2 Kings 16:15; Infinitive absolute הַקְטֵיר 1 Kings 9:25; construct לְהַקְטִיר Exodus 30:20 +; Participle מַקְטִיר Jeremiah 33:18 +, etc.

1 make sacrifices smoke, usually

a. in worship of׳י: absolute 1 Kings 12:33; 1 Kings 13:1; 2 Chronicles 29:11; with accusative חלב Leviticus 17:6; Numbers 18:17; 1 Samuel 2:15,16, עלת 2 Kings 16:13,15; 2 Chronicles 13:11, אִשֶּׁה Exodus 30:20; Leviticus 2:11; Numbers 18:17, מנחה Jeremiah 33:18; ראֹשׁ, etc., Leviticus 8:20 אַזְכָּרָה Leviticus 2:16, חלבי השׁלמים Leviticus 6:5; קטרת 1 Samuel 2:28; on 1 Kings 9:25 see Klo Benz; place is על מזבח Leviticus 4:10 5t., הַמִוְבֵּ֫חָה Exodus 29:13,18,25 23t. Leviticus , Numbers 5:26 (all P); with הַמִּזְבֵּחַ (accusative) Leviticus 6:8; בַּבָּמוֺת 1 Kings 3:3; בגיא בן הִנֹּם 2 Chronicles 28:3.

b. less often in worship of other gods, לאלהין (gods of Solomon's wives) 1 Kings 11:8, לאלהיו (of Moab) Jeremiah 48:35, להם (Baalim) Hosea 2:15; — 2 Chronicles 34:25 read Qr

Qal. 2. cause incense to smoke, offer incense absolute 2 Chronicles 2:5; 2 Chronicles 26:18 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 26:19; with עַל of altar 2 Chronicles 26:16; Exodus 30:7; Exodus 40:27; with accusative יַקְטִירֶנָּה Exodus 30:7,8, קטרת סמים Exodus 30:7; Exodus 40:27; 2 Chronicles 2:3, קטרת תמיד Exodus 30:8, קטרת׳הק Numbers 17:5; 2 Chronicles 29:7.

3 make smoke upon (על) both altars (of burnt-offering and of incense) 1 Chronicles 6:34, compare also 1 Chronicles 23:13.

Hoph`al be made to smoke as a sacrifice: Imperfect 3 feminine singular תָּקְטָ֑ר Leviticus 6:15, Participle מֻקְטָר Malachi 1:11 (Ew Ke and others [ Ges§ 121 b]; We Now read לִשְׁמִי מִנְחָה׳מ; but see מֻקְטָר).

מֻקְטָר noun masculine incense; — absolute ׳מ Malachi 1:11 (Thes Hi Marti Kau GASm Kö iii, § 307).

[מְקַטֵּרָה] noun feminine incense-alter; — plural absolute מְקַטְּרוֺת 2 Chronicles 30:14.


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Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

קָטַר not used in Kal; Arab. قتر to give ascent, to be fragrant. Kindred עָטַר.

Piel קִטֵּר to offer odours, to burn incense in honour of a deity; followed לְ of the deity, the acc. of the incense being omitted, Jeremiah 1:16, 7:9 11:13 19:4 always [almost] used of idolatrous worship [see on the other hand, 1 Samuel 2:16, inf.] Part. f. מְקַטְּרוֹת altars on which incense was burned; prop. giving an odour, 2 Chronicles 30:14.

Pual, part. מְקֻטֶּרֶת incense, Song of Solomon 3:6.

Hiphil, to burn incense, used of sacrifices both lawful, 1 Chronicles 6:34, and unlawful, 1 Kings 3:3 followed by לְ of the deity, 1 Kings 11:8 often also followed by an acc. of the incense or victim burned, Exodus 29:18; Leviticus 1:9, 17 2:2, 16.

Hophal הָקְטַר pass. Leviticus 6:15. Part. Hoph. מֻקְטָר incense, Malachi 1:11.

Derivatives, קְטוֹרָה, קְטֹרֶת [קִטֵּר], קִיטֹר, מִקְטָר, מִקְטֶרֶת, and pr.n. קְטוּרָה.

II.

קָטַר i.q. Ch. קְטַר, Hebr. קָשַׁר. Part. pass. Ezekiel 46:22, חֲצֵערוֹת קְטֻרוֹת “bound courts,” i.e. prob. vaulted, roofed.


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List of Word Forms
הִקְטִ֑ירוּ הִקְטִ֖יר הַֽמְקַטְּרִ֣ים הַֽמְקַטְּרוֹת֙ הַמַּקְטִרִ֣ים הַקְטֵ֣ר הַקִּטֵּ֗ר המקטרות המקטרים הקטיר הקטירו הקטר וְהִקְטִ֖יר וְהִקְטִ֣יר וְהִקְטִ֤יר וְהִקְטִ֥יר וְהִקְטִ֧יר וְהִקְטִ֨יר וְהִקְטִ֨ירוּ וְהִקְטִיר֥וֹ וְהִקְטִירָ֥ם וְהִקְטִירָם֙ וְהִקְטַרְתָּ֖ וְהִקְטַרְתָּ֤ וְהִקְטַרְתָּ֥ וְהַקְטֵ֣יר וְקַטֵּ֣ר וְקַטֵּ֤ר וִֽיקַטֵּ֖ר וַֽיְקַטְּרוּ֙ וַֽיְקַטְּרוּ֙ וַיְקַטְּרוּ־ וַיְקַטֵּ֛ר וַיְקַטֵּ֤ר וַיַּקְטֵ֖ר וַיַּקְטֵ֤ר וַיַּקְטֵ֥ר וַיַּקְטֵר֩ וּֽמְקַטְּרִ֖ים וּמַקְטִ֖יר וּמַקְטִ֥יר וּמַקְטִֽיר׃ וּמַקְטִרִ֣ים וּמַקְטִרִֽים׃ והקטיר והקטירו והקטירם והקטרת ויקטר ויקטרו ויקטרו־ ומקטיר ומקטיר׃ ומקטרים ומקטרים׃ וקטר יְקַטֵּ֑רוּ יְקַטֵּ֔רוּ יְקַטֵּֽר׃ יְקַטֵּרֽוּן׃ יַקְטִ֣יר יַקְטִ֥יר יַקְטִיר֤וּן יַקְטִירֶ֑נָּה יַקְטִירֶֽנָּה׃ יַקְטִר֣וּן יקטיר יקטירון יקטירנה יקטירנה׃ יקטר׃ יקטרו יקטרון יקטרון׃ לְהַקְטִ֑יר לְהַקְטִ֖יר לְהַקְטִ֣יר לְהַקְטִ֥יר לְהַקְטִֽיר׃ לְהַקְטִיר֙ לְהַקְטִיר֩ לְקַטֵּ֔ר לְקַטֵּ֖ר לְקַטֵּ֞ר לְקַטֵּ֥ר לְקַטֵּ֨ר לְקַטֵּר֙ להקטיר להקטיר׃ לקטר מְקַטְּר֤וֹת מְקַטְּרִ֖ים מְקַטְּרִ֣ים מְקַטְּרִים֙ מְקֻטֶּ֤רֶת מַקְטִיר֥וֹת מַקְטִירִ֨ים מֻקְטָ֥ר מקטירות מקטירים מקטר מקטרות מקטרים מקטרת קִטְּר֜וּ קִטְּר֨וּ קִטְּרוּ֙ קִטְּרוּ־ קִטַּרְתֶּ֜ם קַטֵּ֖ר קַטֵּ֨ר קטר קטרו קטרו־ קטרתם תַּקְטִ֔יר תַּקְטִ֣יר תַּקְטִֽירוּ׃ תַקְטִ֧ירוּ תָּקְטָֽר׃ תקטיר תקטירו תקטירו׃ תקטר׃ hakkitTer hakTer ham·maq·ṭi·rîm ham·qaṭ·ṭə·rîm ham·qaṭ·ṭə·rō·wṯ hamkatteRim hamkatterOt hammaktiRim hammaqṭirîm hamqaṭṭərîm hamqaṭṭərōwṯ haq·qiṭ·ṭêr haq·ṭêr haqqiṭṭêr haqṭêr hikTir hikTiru hiq·ṭî·rū hiq·ṭîr hiqṭîr hiqṭîrū katTer kittarTem kitteru lə·haq·ṭîr lə·qaṭ·ṭêr lehakTir ləhaqṭîr lekatTer ləqaṭṭêr maktiRim maktiRot maq·ṭî·rîm maq·ṭî·rō·wṯ maqṭîrîm maqṭîrōwṯ mə·qaṭ·ṭə·rîm mə·qaṭ·ṭə·rō·wṯ mə·quṭ·ṭe·reṯ mekatteRim mekatteRot mekutTeret məqaṭṭərîm məqaṭṭərōwṯ məquṭṭereṯ mukTar muq·ṭār muqṭār qaṭ·ṭêr qaṭṭêr qiṭ·ṭar·tem qiṭ·ṭə·rū qiṭ·ṭə·rū- qiṭṭartem qiṭṭərū qiṭṭərū- tā·qə·ṭār takeTar takTir takTiru taq·ṭî·rū ṯaq·ṭî·rū taq·ṭîr tāqəṭār taqṭîr taqṭîrū ṯaqṭîrū ū·maq·ṭi·rîm ū·maq·ṭîr ū·mə·qaṭ·ṭə·rîm umakTir umaktiRim ūmaqṭîr ūmaqṭirîm umekatteRim ūməqaṭṭərîm vaiyakTer vaykatTer vaykatteru vehakTeir vehiktarTa vehikTir vehiktiRam vehiktiRo vehikTiru vekatTer vikatTer way·qaṭ·ṭə·rū way·qaṭ·ṭə·rū- way·qaṭ·ṭêr way·yaq·ṭêr wayqaṭṭêr wayqaṭṭərū wayqaṭṭərū- wayyaqṭêr wə·haq·ṭêr wə·hiq·ṭar·tā wə·hiq·ṭî·rām wə·hiq·ṭî·rōw wə·hiq·ṭî·rū wə·hiq·ṭîr wə·qaṭ·ṭêr wəhaqṭêr wəhiqṭartā wəhiqṭîr wəhiqṭîrām wəhiqṭîrōw wəhiqṭîrū wəqaṭṭêr wî·qaṭ·ṭêr wîqaṭṭêr yakTir yaktiRennah yaktiRun yaq·ṭî·ren·nāh yaq·ṭi·rūn yaq·ṭî·rūn yaq·ṭîr yaqṭîr yaqṭîrennāh yaqṭirūn yaqṭîrūn yə·qaṭ·ṭê·rū yə·qaṭ·ṭê·rūn yə·qaṭ·ṭêr yekatTer yekatTeru yekatteRun yəqaṭṭêr yəqaṭṭêrū yəqaṭṭêrūn
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