Strong's H7004 · Hebrew
קְטֹרֶת
qᵉṭôreth · /ket-o'-reth/
Definition
a fumigation
KJV: (sweet) incense, perfume.
Root / derivation: from H6999 (קָטַר);
KJV usage breakdown
How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered קְטֹרֶת across 58 verses.
Every occurrence (KJV)
58 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.
Exodus18 verses
Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense,
Exodus 30:1And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it.
Exodus 30:7And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. sweet incense: Heb. incense of spices
Exodus 30:8And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations. lighteth: or setteth up: Heb. causeth to ascend at even: Heb. between the two evenings
Exodus 30:9Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.
Exodus 30:27And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense,
Exodus 30:35And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy: tempered: Heb. salted
Exodus 30:37And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the LORD.
Exodus 31:8And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense, furniture: Heb. vessels
Exodus 31:11And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do.
Exodus 35:8And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,
Exodus 35:15And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle,
Exodus 35:28And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense.
Exodus 37:25And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same.
Exodus 37:29And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary.
Exodus 39:38And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door, the sweet: Heb. the incense of sweet spices
Exodus 40:5And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle.
Exodus 40:27And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Leviticus4 verses
And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Leviticus 10:1And 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 LORD, which he commanded them not.
Leviticus 16:12And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail:
Leviticus 16:13And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not:
Numbers21 verses
And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof.
Numbers 7:14One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense:
Numbers 7:20One spoon of gold of ten shekels, full of incense:
Numbers 7:26One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
Numbers 7:32One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
Numbers 7:38One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
Numbers 7:44One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
Numbers 7:50One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
Numbers 7:56One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
Numbers 7:62One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
Numbers 7:68One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
Numbers 7:74One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
Numbers 7:80One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
Numbers 7:86The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons was an hundred and twenty shekels.
Numbers 16:7And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the LORD to morrow: and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi.
Numbers 16:17And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the LORD every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron, each of you his censer.
Numbers 16:18And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron.
Numbers 16:35And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
Numbers 16:40To 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 as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses.
Numbers 16:46And 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 atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun.
Numbers 16:47And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people.
1 Chronicles2 verses
But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
1 Chronicles 28:18And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
2 Chronicles5 verses
Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel. sweet: Heb. incense of spices
2 Chronicles 13:11And 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 the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him.
2 Chronicles 26:16But 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 incense upon the altar of incense.
2 Chronicles 26:19Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar.
2 Chronicles 29:7Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel.
Psalms2 verses
Ezekiel3 verses
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 censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up.
Ezekiel 16:18And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them.
Ezekiel 23:41And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil. stately: Heb. honourable
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Frequently asked questions
What does Strong's H7004 (qᵉṭôreth) mean?
a fumigation
How many times does H7004 appear in the Bible?
Strong's H7004 (קְטֹרֶת) appears in 58 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “incense.”
How is qᵉṭôreth translated in the KJV?
In the KJV, Strong's H7004 is rendered as “incense” (57×), “perfume” (3×).
Where does the Hebrew word קְטֹרֶת come from?
from H6999 (קָטַר);