קָטַר qatar

Hebrew word for “to offer” · Strong’s H6999 · used 116 times in 112 verses

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Meaning

: burn; v; 1) to sacrifice, burn incense, burn sacrifices, make sacrifices smoke;

Senses in the lexicon

• to offer: burn (59)
• to offer: offer (54)
• incense-altar (1)
• to offer: to perfume (1)
• incense (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for qatar in context, with how often each is used:

• make smoke 23
• will make smoke 22
• made smoke 18
• making smoke 14
• will make it smoke 7
• made them smoke 4
• have made smoke 4
• will make them smoke 2
• made smoke ! 2
• people made smoke 2
• who make smoke 2
• must make to smoke 1

Where it is used

Also in 3 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Jeremiah 44 (10), Leviticus 4 (5), Leviticus 9 (5), Leviticus 1 (4), Leviticus 2 (4), Leviticus 8 (4), Exodus 29 (3), Exodus 30 (3), Leviticus 3 (3), Leviticus 6 (3)

Forms

• והקטיר 19
• ויקטר 14
• להקטיר 12
• ומקטרים 8
• לקטר 8
• ויקטרו 5
• קטרו 4
• והקטרת 3
• ומקטיר 3
• מקטרים 3

Words used with it

Words that share verses with qatar more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מִזְבֵּחַ mizbeach “altar” 48
• אִשֶּׁה ishshah “food offering” 20
• כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 28
• נִיחֹחַ nichoach “soothing” 15
• עֹלָה olah “burnt offering” 21
• חֵלֶב chelev “fat” 16
• רֵיחַ reach “aroma” 15
• בָּמָה bamah “high place” 16
• זָבַח zavach “to sacrifice” 15
• קְטֹרֶת qetoret “incense” 11
• אַחֵר acher “another” 12
• כָּעַס kaas “to provoke” 9

Key verses

The verses using qatar that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 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 it upon the altar for…
• 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 them upon…
• 1 Kings 13:1 — And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Beth-el: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.
• 2 Kings 18:4 — He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brasen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the…
• 1 Chronicles 23:13 — The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the…
• 2 Chronicles 26:16 — But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn…
• Jeremiah 1:16 — And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the…
• Jeremiah 7:9 — Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not;
• Jeremiah 19:4 — Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known,…
• Jeremiah 44:17 — But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her,…
• Hosea 2:13 — And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after…
• Malachi 1:11 — For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.