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HebrewH6999Verb

קָטַר

qa.tar

102Occurrences
H6999Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

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

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

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
burn v 1) to sacrifice, burn incense, burn sacrifices, make sacrifices smoke 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to make sacrifices smoke 1a2) to sacrifice 1b) (Pual) to smoke a sacrifice 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to make sacrifices smoke 1c2) to cause incense to smoke, offer incense 1c3) to make smoke upon 1d) (Hophal) to be made to smoke

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

קָטַר appears 102 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Leviticus
30
Jeremiah
21
2 Chronicles
13
2 Kings
11
Exodus
7
1 Kings
6
1 Samuel
3
Hosea
2

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 23:13BSB

The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron and his descendants were set apart forever to consecrate the most holy things, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister before Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name forever.

2 Chronicles 30:14BSB

They proceeded to remove the altars in Jerusalem and to take away the incense altars and throw them into the Kidron Valley.

Exodus 30:20BSB

Whenever they enter the Tent of Meeting or approach the altar to minister by presenting an offering made by fire to the LORD, they must wash with water so that they will not die.

Jeremiah 44:17BSB

Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem.At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster.

Leviticus 3:16BSB

Then the priest is to burn the food on the altar as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the LORD’s.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.