מַחְתָּה
mach.tah
“censer”
Definition
a pan for live coals
the same as H4288 (מְחִתָּה) in the sense of removal;
- fire-holder, censer, firepan, snuff dish, tray 1a) snuff-dish 1b) fire-pans 1c) censer
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
מַחְתָּה appears 15 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers;and the gold hinges for the doors of the inner temple (that is, the Most Holy Place ) as well as for the doors of the main hall of the temple.
The wick trimmers and their trays must be of pure gold.
He made all the altar’s utensils of bronze—its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks, and firepans.
Then he must take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and take them inside the veil.
So each man took his censer, put fire and incense in it, and stood with Moses and Aaron at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
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