קְטֹרֶת qetoret
Hebrew word for “incense” · Strong’s H7004 · used 60 times in 58 verses
Meaning
1) incense, smoke, odour of (burning) sacrifice; 1a) sweet smoke of sacrifice; 1b) incense; 1c) perfume
How it is translated
Glosses given for qetoret in context, with how often each is used:
- incense 58
- smoke 1
- perfume 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Numbers | 21 | 1.3 | |
| Exodus | 19 | 1.1 | |
| Leviticus | 5 | 0.4 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 5 | 0.4 | |
| Ezekiel | 3 | 0.2 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Psalms | 2 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Proverbs | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Numbers 7 (13), Exodus 30 (7), Numbers 16 (7), Exodus 35 (3), Exodus 31 (2), Exodus 37 (2), Exodus 40 (2), Leviticus 16 (2), 2 Chronicles 26 (2), Exodus 25 (1)
Forms
- קטרת 36
- הקטרת 13
- וקטרת 4
- ולקטרת 3
- וקטרתי 2
- והקטרת 1
- לקטרת 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with qetoret more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- סַם sam “spice” 14
- מָלֵא male “full” 13
- זָהָב zahav “gold” 17
- כַּף kaph “palm” 14
- עֶשֶׂר eser “ten” 13
- מִזְבֵּחַ mizbeach “altar” 15
- קָטַר qatar “to offer” 11
- מִשְׁחָה mishchah “anointing” 8
- שֶׁמֶן shemen “oil” 11
- אַהֲרֹן aharon “Aaron” 10
- אֶחָד echad “one” 12
- מַחְתָּה machtah “censer” 5
Key verses
The verses using qetoret that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 30:1 — And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it.
- Leviticus 10:1 — And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the…
- Numbers 16:35 — And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
- 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 incense before the LORD; that he be not…
- Numbers 16:46 — And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an…
- 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 incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give…
- 2 Chronicles 13:11 — And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and…
- 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…
- Psalms 141:2 — Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
- Proverbs 27:9 — Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
- Isaiah 1:13 — Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity,…
- Ezekiel 8:11 — And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his…
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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.