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2 Kings 17:11
“And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the Lord carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the Lord to anger:” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H6999 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to smoke, i.e. turn into fragrance by fire (especially as an act of worship)
- Derivation
- a primitive root (identical with through the idea of fumigation in a close place and perhaps thus driving out the occupants);
- KJV renderings
- burn (incense, sacrifice) (upon), (altar for) incense, kindle, offer (incense, a sacrifice).
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יְקַטְּרוּ — verb Piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 117 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 29:13Exodus 29:18Exodus 29:25Exodus 30:7Exodus 30:7
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read קָטַר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.