קָטַר

Strong’s Definition

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

Etymology & Derivation

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

KJV Usage

burn (incense, sacrifice) (upon), (altar for) incense, kindle, offer (incense, a sacrifice).

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.(v) to sacrifice, burn incense, burn sacrifices, make sacrifices smoke
• 2.(piel)
• 3.(pual) to smoke a sacrifice
• 4.(n m) incense
• 5.(n f) incense-altar
• 6.(hiphil)
• 7.(hophal) to be made to smoke

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: qâṭar; Pronunciation: kaw-tar'