Lexical Definition

‎קְטֹרֶת‎ qᵉṭôreth (ket-o'-reth) incense ^H:N-F
from ‎קָטַר‎

(sweet) incense, perfume.

• a fumigation

1) incense, smoke, odour of (burning) sacrifice
1a) sweet smoke of sacrifice
1b) incense
1c) perfume

See Greek: θυμίαμα

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎קְטֹ֫רֶת‎₆₀ noun feminine smoke, odour of (burning) sacrifice, incense; — ‎׳‎‎ק‎ absolute Exod 30:1 +; construct Exod 25:6 +; suffix ‎קְטָרְתִּי‎ Ezek 16:18; Ezek 23:41 —

1. sweet smoke of sacrifice, || ‎מנחה‎ Isa 1:13; Ps 141:2, ‎אֵילִים‎ ‎׳‎‎קְ‎ Ps 66:15, ‎׳‎‎לְהַקְטִיר ק‎ 1Sam 2:28 (?).

2. incense, ‎(ה)סמים‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Exod 25:6; Exod 30:7; Exod 31:11; Exod 40:27 + 9 t.; ‎תמיד‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Exod 30:8, ‎רֹקַח‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ vExod 30:35, ‎׳‎‎הק‎ alone vExod 30:37; Lev 16:13; Num 16:35; Num 17:12* so ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Num 16:7; Num 16:17; Num 16:18; Num 17:5*; Num 17:11*; 2Chr 29:7, ‎זָרָה‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ Exod 30:9, ‎׳‎‎ענן הק‎ Lev 16:13; Ezek 8:11, also of ‎אשׁ זרה‎ Lev 10:1 (illegal worship); in offering of the princes Num 7:14 + 11t. 7, compare vNum 7:86. Altar of incense is ‎׳‎‎מזבח מקטר ק‎ Exod 30:1, ‎זהב‎ ‎׳‎‎הק‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ 1Chr 28:18, ‎׳‎‎הזהב לק‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Exod 40:5, ‎הסמים‎ ‎׳‎‎ק‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Lev 4:7, ‎׳‎‎הק‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Exod 30:27 + 6 t.

3. perfume, || ‎שֶׁמֶן‎ Ezek 16:18; Ezek 23:41; Prov 27:9.

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