קְטֹ֫רֶת
qe.to.ret (H7004)
incense
AI Word Study
The Hebrew word קְטֹ֫רֶת (qe.to.ret) is translated as "incense." It is a noun that falls within the semantic domain of worship and ritual, indicating its importance in religious practices. The term is used 60 times in the Bible, suggesting its significance in Jewish and early Christian traditions. In its various occurrences, incense is often associated with worship, sacrifice, and purification. It is used to create a fragrant atmosphere in temples and to symbolize the prayers and offerings of the faithful. The use of incense is not limited to specific rituals or ceremonies, but is woven into the fabric of daily worship and communal life. The frequency and widespread use of the term incense in the Bible underscore its importance as a means of connecting with the divine. Its association with worship, sacrifice, and purification highlights the transformative power of ritual and the significance of creating a sacred space for spiritual expression.
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oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense,
“You shall make an altar to burn incense on. You shall make it of acacia wood.
Aaron shall burn incense of sweet spices on it every morning. When he tends the lamps, he shall burn it.
When Aaron lights the lamps at evening, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before Yahweh throughout your generations.
You shall offer no strange incense on it, nor burnt offering, nor meal offering; and you shall pour no drink offering on it.
the table and all its articles, the lamp stand and its accessories, the altar of incense,
You shall make incense of it, a perfume after the art of the perfumer, seasoned with salt, pure and holy.
The incense which you shall make, according to its composition you shall not make for yourselves: it shall be to you holy for Yahweh.
the table and its vessels, the pure lamp stand with all its vessels, the altar of incense,
the anointing oil, and the incense of sweet spices for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded you they shall do.”
oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the sweet incense,
and the altar of incense with its poles, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, the screen for the door, at the door of the tabernacle;
with the spice and the oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.
He made the altar of incense of acacia wood. It was square: its length was a cubit, and its width a cubit. Its height was two cubits. Its horns were of one piece with it.
He made the holy anointing oil and the pure incense of sweet spices, after the art of the perfumer.
the golden altar, the anointing oil, the sweet incense, the screen for the door of the Tent,
You shall set the golden altar for incense before the ark of the covenant, and put the screen of the door to the tabernacle.
The priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of sweet incense before Yahweh, which is in the Tent of Meeting; and he shall pour out the rest of the blood of the bull at the base of the altar of burnt offering, which is at the door of the Tent of Meeting.
Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer, and put fire in it, and laid incense on it, and offered strange fire before Yahweh, which he had not commanded them.
He shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before Yahweh, and two handfuls of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil.
He shall put the incense on the fire before Yahweh, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is on the covenant, so that he will not die.
“The duty of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be the oil for the light, the sweet incense, the continual meal offering, and the anointing oil, the requirements of all the tabernacle, and of all that is in it, the sanctuary, and its furnishings.”
one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense;
the twelve golden ladles, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; all the gold of the ladles weighed one hundred twenty shekels;
put fire in them, and put incense on them before Yahweh tomorrow. It shall be that the man whom Yahweh chooses, he shall be holy. You have gone too far, you sons of Levi!”
Each man take his censer and put incense on it, and each man bring before Yahweh his censer, two hundred fifty censers; you also, and Aaron, each with his censer.”
They each took his censer, and put fire in it, and laid incense on it, and stood at the door of the Tent of Meeting with Moses and Aaron.
Fire came out from Yahweh, and devoured the two hundred fifty men who offered the incense.
to be a memorial to the children of Israel, to the end that no stranger who isn’t of the offspring of Aaron, would come near to burn incense before Yahweh, that he not be as Korah, and as his company; as Yahweh spoke to him by Moses.
Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, put fire from the altar in it, lay incense on it, carry it quickly to the congregation, and make atonement for them; for wrath has gone out from Yahweh! The plague has begun.”
Aaron did as Moses said, and ran into the middle of the assembly. The plague had already begun among the people. He put on the incense, and made atonement for the people.
Didn’t I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? Didn’t I give to the house of your father all the offerings of the children of Israel made by fire?
But Aaron and his sons offered on the altar of burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the plans for the chariot, and the cherubim that spread out and cover the ark of Yahweh’s covenant.
Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, to dedicate it to him, to burn before him incense of sweet spices, for the continual show bread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts of Yahweh our God. This is an ordinance forever to Israel.
and they burn to Yahweh every morning and every evening burnt offerings and sweet incense. They also set the show bread in order on the pure table; and the lamp stand of gold with its lamps, to burn every evening; for we keep the instruction of Yahweh our God, but you have forsaken him.
But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up, so that he did corruptly, and he trespassed against Yahweh his God; for he went into Yahweh’s temple to burn incense on the altar of incense.
Then Uzziah was angry. He had a censer in his hand to burn incense, and while he was angry with the priests, the leprosy broke out on his forehead before the priests in Yahweh’s house, beside the altar of incense.
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