Miqṭereth — H4730

Definition

feminine noun

something to fume (incense) in, i.e. a coal-pan

1. censer

Usually translated as

censer

Origin

feminine of H4729

• Miqṭâr (H4729)

Occurrences

Miqṭereth occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Chronicles (1), Ezekiel (1)

• 2 Chronicles 26:19 — Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer (מִקְטֶ֖רֶת) in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar.
• Ezekiel 8:11 — And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer (מִקְטַרְתּ֖וֹ) in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.