Lexical Definition

‎קָטַר‎ qâṭar (kaw-tar') to offer: burn ^H:V
a primitive root (identical with through the idea of fumigation in a close place and perhaps thus driving out the occupants)

burn (incense, sacrifice) (upon), (altar for) incense, kindle, offer (incense, a sacrifice).

• to smoke, i.e. turn into fragrance by fire (especially as an act of worship)

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

See Greek: ἀναφέρω · ἐπιτελέω · ἐπιτίθημι · θυμίαμα · θυμιάω · θύω · προσφέρω

Extended Information

• : burn
• v

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎קָטַר‎]₁₁₅ verb denominative Pi`el Hiph`il make sacrifices smoke, send them up in smoke (properly produce ‎קְטֹרֶת‎, see Sta^{ZAW vi (1886), 298 f.}); —

Pi`el<sub>42</sub> Perfect 3 masculine plural ‎קִטְּרוּ‎ Jer 19:13 +, ‎קִטַּרְתֶּם‎ Jer 44:21; Jer 44:23 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יְקַטֵּר‎ Hab 1:16 +; 3 masculine plural ‎יְקַטֵּר֑וּן‎ Hos 11:2, etc.; Infinitive absolute ‎קַטֵּר‎ 1Sam 2:16 +; construct Jer 11:13 +, Participle plural ‎מְקַטְּרִים‎ Isa 65:3 +, etc.; — make sacrifices smoke, offer them by burning : to ‎׳‎‎י‎, 1Sam 2:16 (where probably read ‎יְקַטְּרוּן‎ [and so v1Sam 2:15] Sta<sup>l.c. 299</sup>): elsewhere to other gods or in illegal worship, Jer 44:23 with accusative ‎קִטֵּר‎ (but see this, below) Jer 44:21 (here [and al. in some other passages] of incense), ‎תּוֺדָה‎ Amos 4:5 place is usually with ‎ב‎, e.g. ‎כַּבָּמוֺת‎ 2Kgs 17:11; 2Kgs 23:5 ‎עוֺד הָעָם מְוַבְּחִים וּמְקַטְּרִים‎ ‎בַּבָּמוֺת‎ 1Kgs 22:44; 2Kgs 12:4*; 2Kgs 14:4; 2Kgs 15:4; 2Kgs 15:35 (R), compare 2Kgs 16:4 = 2Chr 28:4 (compare RS<sup>Sem.i. 471; 2nd ed. 490</sup>); ‎אֲשֶׁר‎ ‎׳‎‎הַבּ‎ ‎קִטְּרוּ שָׁמָּה‎ 2Kgs 23:8 with ‎עַל‎ e.g. ‎על הגבעות‎ Hos 4:13, ‎על גג(ו)ת‎ Jer 19:13; Jer 32:29, ‎על הלבנים‎ Isa 65:3, ‎על ההרים‎ vIsa 65:7 with ‎לְ‎ of deity, Hos 11:2; Jer 1:16 + 14 t. Jeremiah (+Jer 19:13; Jer 32:29 above), Hab 1:16; 2Kgs 22:17; 2Kgs 23:5; 2Chr 25:14; 2Chr 28:25; 2Chr 34:25 Qr (>Kt Hiph`il), to the brazen serpent 2Kgs 18:4. Pu`al Participle ‎׳‎‎מְקֻטֶּרֶת מֹר וגו‎ Song 3:6 fumigated with myrrh, etc. (Aq ᵑ9 Schlottm ‎מִקְּטֹרֶת‎). Hiph`ilⁿ Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎הִקְטִיר‎ Lev 9:10 +; 2 masculine singular ‎הִקְטַרְתָּ‎ Exod 29:13; Exod 29:18; Exod 29:25, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יַקְטִיר‎ Lev 4:26; Lev 16:25; Exod 40:27 +, etc.: Imperative masculine singular ‎הַקְטֵר‎ 2Kgs 16:15 Infinitive absolute ‎הַקְטֵיר‎ 1Kgs 9:25 construct ‎לְהַקְטִיר‎ Exod 30:20 +; Participle ‎מַקְטִיר‎ Jer 33:18 +, etc.

1. make sacrifices smoke, usually
a. in worship of ‎׳‎‎י‎: absolute 1Kgs 12:33; 1Kgs 13:1; 2Chr 29:11 with accusative ‎חלב‎ Lev 17:6; Num 18:17; 1Sam 2:15; 1Sam 2:16, ‎עלת‎ 2Kgs 16:13; 2Kgs 16:15; 2Chr 13:11, ‎אִשֶּׁה‎ Exod 30:20; Lev 2:11; Num 18:17, ‎מנחה‎ Jer 33:18 ‎ראֹשׁ‎, etc., Lev 8:20 ‎אַזְכָּרָה‎ Lev 2:16, ‎חלבי השׁלמים‎ Lev 6:5* ‎קטרת‎ 1Sam 2:28 on 1Kgs 9:25 see Klo Benz; place is ‎על מזבח‎ Lev 4:10 + 5 t., ‎הַמִוְבֵּ֫חָה‎ Exod 29:13; Exod 29:18; Exod 29:25 + 23 t. Leviticus, Num 5:26 (all P); with ‎הַמִּזְבֵּחַ‎ (accusative) Lev 6:8* ‎בַּבָּמוֺת‎ 1Kgs 3:3 ‎בגיא בן הִנֹּם‎ 2Chr 28:3.
b. less often in worship of other gods, ‎לאלהין‎ (gods of Solomon's wives) 1Kgs 11:8, ‎לאלהיו‎ (of Moab) Jer 48:35, ‎להם‎ (Baalim) Hos 2:15* — 2Chr 34:25 read Qr

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

3. make smoke upon (‎על‎) both altars (of burnt-offering and of incense) 1Chr 6:34*, compare also 1Chr 23:13. Hoph`al be made to smoke as a sacrifice: Imperfect 3 feminine singular ‎תָּקְטָ֑ר‎ Lev 6:15*, Participle ‎מֻקְטָר‎ Mal 1:11 (Ew Ke and others [ Ges^{«GKC:121b»§ 121b}]; We Now read ‎לִשְׁמִי מִנְחָה‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎; but see ‎מֻקְטָר‎).

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

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

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