Qâṭar — H6999

Definition

verb

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

1. v
2. to sacrifice, burn incense, burn sacrifices, make sacrifices smoke
1. (Piel)
1. to make sacrifices smoke
2. to sacrifice
2. (Pual) to smoke a sacrifice
3. (Hiphil)
1. to make sacrifices smoke
2. to cause incense to smoke, offer incense
3. to make smoke upon
4. (Hophal) to be made to smoke
3. n m
4. incense
5. n f
6. incense-altar

Usually translated as

incense, burn, kindle, offer

Origin

a primitive root (identical with through the idea of fumigation in a close place and perhaps thus driving out the occupants)

Greek equivalents

• anaphérō (G399)
• epiteléō (G2005)
• epitíthēmi (G2007)
• thymíama (G2368)
• thymiáō (G2370)
• thýō (G2380)
• prosphérō (G4374)

Occurrences

Qâṭar occurs 116 times in 112 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (7), Leviticus (33), Numbers (3), 1 Samuel (3), 1 Kings (7), 2 Kings (12), 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Chronicles (15), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (21), Hosea (3), Amos (1), Habakkuk (1), Malachi (1)

• Exodus 29:13 — And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn (וְהִקְטַרְתָּ֖) them upon the altar.
• Exodus 29:18 — And thou shalt burn (וְהִקְטַרְתָּ֤) the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt offering unto the LORD: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
• Exodus 29:25 — And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn (וְהִקְטַרְתָּ֥) them upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the LORD: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
• Exodus 30:7 — And Aaron shall burn (וְהִקְטִ֥יר) thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
• Exodus 30:7 — And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense (יַקְטִירֶֽנָּה) upon it.
• Exodus 30:8 — And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense (יַקְטִירֶ֑נָּה) upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.
• Exodus 30:20 — When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn (לְהַקְטִ֥יר) offering made by fire unto the LORD:
• Exodus 40:27 — And he burnt (וַיַּקְטֵ֥ר) sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded Moses.
• Leviticus 1:9 — But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn (וְהִקְטִ֨יר) all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
• Leviticus 1:13 — But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring it all, and burn (וְהִקְטִ֣יר) it upon the altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
• Leviticus 1:15 — And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head, and burn (וְהִקְטִ֖יר) it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar:
• Leviticus 1:17 — And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn (וְהִקְטִ֨יר) it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
• Leviticus 2:2 — And he shall bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn (וְהִקְטִ֨יר) the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD:
• Leviticus 2:9 — And the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorial thereof, and shall burn (וְהִקְטִ֖יר) it upon the altar: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
• Leviticus 2:11 — No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the LORD, shall be made with leaven: for ye shall burn (תַקְטִ֧ירוּ) no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the LORD made by fire.
• Leviticus 2:16 — And the priest shall burn (וְהִקְטִ֨יר) the memorial of it, part of the beaten corn thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
• Leviticus 3:5 — And Aaron’s sons shall burn (וְהִקְטִ֨ירוּ) it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
• Leviticus 3:11 — And the priest shall burn (וְהִקְטִיר֥וֹ) it upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire unto the LORD.
• Leviticus 3:16 — And the priest shall burn (וְהִקְטִירָ֥ם) them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the LORD’s.
• Leviticus 4:10 — As it was taken off from the bullock of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall burn (וְהִקְטִירָם֙) them upon the altar of the burnt offering.
• Leviticus 4:19 — And he shall take all his fat from him, and burn (וְהִקְטִ֖יר) it upon the altar.
• Leviticus 4:26 — And he shall burn (יַקְטִ֣יר) all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.
• Leviticus 4:31 — And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn (וְהִקְטִ֤יר) it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.
• Leviticus 4:35 — And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn (וְהִקְטִ֨יר) them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.
• Leviticus 5:12 — Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn (וְהִקְטִ֣יר) it on the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: it is a sin offering.
• Leviticus 6:12 — And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn (וְהִקְטִ֥יר) thereon the fat of the peace offerings.
• Leviticus 6:15 — And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the meat offering, and shall burn (וְהִקְטִ֣יר) it upon the altar for a sweet savour, even the memorial of it, unto the LORD.
• Leviticus 6:22 — And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it: it is a statute for ever unto the LORD; it shall be wholly burnt (תָּקְטָֽר).
• Leviticus 7:5 — And the priest shall burn (וְהִקְטִ֨יר) them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a trespass offering.
• Leviticus 7:31 — And the priest shall burn (וְהִקְטִ֧יר) the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’.
• Leviticus 8:16 — And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned (וַיַּקְטֵ֥ר) it upon the altar.
• Leviticus 8:20 — And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt (וַיַּקְטֵ֤ר) the head, and the pieces, and the fat.
• Leviticus 8:21 — And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt (וַיַּקְטֵר֩) the whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet savour, and an offering made by fire unto the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
• Leviticus 8:28 — And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt (וַיַּקְטֵ֥ר) them on the altar upon the burnt offering: they were consecrations for a sweet savour: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
• Leviticus 9:10 — But the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin offering, he burnt (הִקְטִ֖יר) upon the altar; as the LORD commanded Moses.
• Leviticus 9:13 — And they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the pieces thereof, and the head: and he burnt (וַיַּקְטֵ֖ר) them upon the altar.
• Leviticus 9:14 — And he did wash the inwards and the legs, and burnt (וַיַּקְטֵ֥ר) them upon the burnt offering on the altar.
• Leviticus 9:17 — And he brought the meat offering, and took an handful thereof, and burnt (וַיַּקְטֵ֖ר) it upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning.
• Leviticus 9:20 — And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt (וַיַּקְטֵ֥ר) the fat upon the altar:
• Leviticus 16:25 — And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn (יַקְטִ֥יר) upon the altar.
• Leviticus 17:6 — And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn (וְהִקְטִ֣יר) the fat for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
• Numbers 5:26 — And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn (וְהִקְטִ֖יר) it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.
• Numbers 16:40 — To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer (לְהַקְטִ֥יר) incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.
• Numbers 18:17 — But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn (תַּקְטִ֔יר) their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
• 1 Samuel 2:15 — Also before they burnt (יַקְטִר֣וּן) the fat, the priest’s servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw.
• 1 Samuel 2:16 — And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn (קַטֵּ֨ר) the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force.
• 1 Samuel 2:16 — And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn (יַקְטִיר֤וּן) the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force.
• 1 Samuel 2:28 — And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn (לְהַקְטִ֥יר) incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel?
• 1 Kings 3:3 — And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense (וּמַקְטִֽיר) in high places.
• 1 Kings 9:25 — And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense (וְהַקְטֵ֣יר) upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house.