STRONGS NUMBER H6999


Word Summary
qatar: to make sacrifices smoke
Original Word: קָטַר
Transliteration: qatar
Phonetic Spelling: (kaw-tar')
Part of Speech: verb; noun masculine; noun feminine
Short Definition: to make sacrifices smoke
Meaning: to smoke, turn into fragrance by fire
Strong's Concordance
burn incense, sacrifice upon, altar for incense, kindle, offer incense, a sacrifice

A primitive root (identical with qatar through the idea of fumigation in a close place and perhaps thus driving out the occupants); to smoke, i.e. Turn into fragrance by fire (especially as an act of worship) -- burn (incense, sacrifice) (upon), (altar for) incense, kindle, offer (incense, a sacrifice).

see HEBREW qatar

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H6999. qatar

[קָטַר‎]115 verb denominative Pi`el Hiph`il make sacrifices smoke, send them up in smoke (properly produce קְטֹרֶת‎, see StaZAW vi (1886), 298 f.); —

Pi`el42 Perfect3masculine plural קִטְּרוּJeremiah 19:13 +, קִטַּרְתֶּם44:21, 23; Imperfect3masculine singular יְקַטֵּרHabakkuk 1:16 +; 3 masculine plural יְקַטֵּר֑וּןHosea 11:2, etc.; Infinitive absolute קַטֵּר1 Samuel 2:16 +; construct Jeremiah 11:13 +, Participle plural מְקַטְּרִיםIsaiah 65:3 +, etc.; — make sacrifices smoke, offer them by burning : to ׳י‎, 1 Samuel 2:16 (where probably read יְקַטְּרוּן‎ [and so 2:15] Stal.c. 299): elsewhere to other gods or in illegal worship, Jeremiah 44:23; with accusative קִטֵּר‎ (but see this, below) 44:21 (here [and al. in some other passages] of incense), תּוֺדָהAmos 4:5; place is usually with ב‎, e.g. כַּבָּמוֺת2 Kings 17:11; 23:5; בַּבָּמוֺת וּמְקַטְּרִים מְוַבְּחִים הָעָם עוֺד1 Kings 22:44; 2 Kings 12:4; 14:4; 15:4, 35 (R), compare 16:4 2 Chronicles 28:4 (compare RSSem.i. 471; 2nd ed. 490); שָׁמָּה קִטְּרוּ ׳הַבּ אֲשֶׁר2 Kings 23:8; with עַל‎ e.g. הגבעות עלHosea 4:13, גג(ו)ת עלJeremiah 19:13; 32:29, הלבנים עלIsaiah 65:3, ההרים על65:7; with לְ‎ of deity, Hosea 11:2; Jeremiah 1:16 14t. Jeremiah (+19:13; 32:29 above), Habakkuk 1:16; 2 Kings 22:17; 23:5; 2 Chronicles 25:14; 28:25; 34:25 Qr (>Kt

Hiph`il), to the brazen serpent 2 Kings 18:4.

Pu`al Participle וגו מֹר ׳מְקֻטֶּרֶתSong of Solomon 3:6 fumigated with myrrh, etc. (Aq ᵑ9‎ Schlottm מִקְּטֹרֶת‎).

Hiph`iln Perfect3masculine singular הִקְטִירLeviticus 9:10 +; 2 masculine singular הִקְטַרְתָּExodus 29:13, 18, 25, etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular יַקְטִירLeviticus 4:26; 16:25; Exodus 40:27 +, etc.: Imperative masculine singular הַקְטֵר2 Kings 16:15; Infinitive absolute הַקְטֵיר1 Kings 9:25; construct לְהַקְטִירExodus 30:20 +; Participle מַקְטִירJeremiah 33:18 +, etc.

1 make sacrifices smoke, usually

a. in worship of ׳י‎: absolute 1 Kings 12:33; 13:1; 2 Chronicles 29:11; with accusative חלבLeviticus 17:6; Numbers 18:17; 1 Samuel 2:15-16, עלת2 Kings 16:13, 15; 2 Chronicles 13:11, אִשֶּׁהExodus 30:20; Leviticus 2:11; Numbers 18:17, מנחהJeremiah 33:18; ראֹשׁ‎, etc., Leviticus 8:20 אַזְכָּרָה2:16, השׁלמים חלבי6:5; קטרת1 Samuel 2:28; on 1 Kings 9:25 see Klo Benz; place is מזבח עלLeviticus 4:10 5t., הַמִוְבֵּ֫חָהExodus 29:13, 18, 25 23t. Leviticus, Numbers 5:26 (all P); with הַמִּזְבֵּחַ‎ (accusative) Leviticus 6:8; בַּבָּמוֺת1 Kings 3:3; הִנֹּם בן בגיא2 Chronicles 28:3.

b. less often in worship of other gods, לאלהין‎ (gods of Solomon's wives) 1 Kings 11:8, לאלהיו‎ (of Moab) Jeremiah 48:35, להם‎ (Baalim) Hosea 2:15; — 2 Chronicles 34:25 read Qr

Qal. 2. cause incense to smoke, offer incense absolute 2 Chronicles 2:5; 26:18 (twice in verse); 26:19; with עַל‎ of altar 26:16; Exodus 30:7; 40:27; with accusative יַקְטִירֶנָּה30:7-8, סמים קטרת30:7; 40:27; 2 Chronicles 2:3, תמיד קטרתExodus 30:8, ׳הק קטרתNumbers 17:5; 2 Chronicles 29:7.

3 make smoke upon (על‎) both altars (of burnt-offering and of incense) 1 Chronicles 6:34, compare also 23:13.

Hoph`al be made to smoke as a sacrifice: Imperfect3feminine singular תָּקְטָ֑רLeviticus 6:15, Participle מֻקְטָרMalachi 1:11 (Ew Ke and others [ Ges§ 121b]; We Now read ׳מ מִנְחָה לִשְׁמִי‎; but see מֻקְטָר‎).

מֻקְטָרnoun masculine incense; — absolute ׳מMalachi 1:11 (Thes Hi MartiKau GASm Köiii, § 307).

[מְקַטֵּרָה‎] noun feminine incense-alter; — plural absolute מְקַטְּרוֺת2 Chronicles 30:14.