קְטֹרֶת
qᵉṭôreth · ket-o'-reth
a fumigation
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6999 (קָטַר);
a fumigation
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (sweet) incense, perfume.
Letters
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
what comes behind, the returning cycle › to surround and contain › the head, the highest › the mark, the covenant sign
What comes behind, the returning cycle that works to surround and contain of the head, the highest of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of קְטֹרֶת above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
60 occurrences · 60 OT · 0 NT · 28 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- incense26 · 43%
- of incense19 · 32%
- the incense2 · 3%
- on incense2 · 3%
- it a perfume1 · 2%
- and as for the perfume1 · 2%
- and the incense1 · 2%
- for the incense1 · 2%
- of the incense1 · 2%
- from beside the incense1 · 2%
- with the incense1 · 2%
- thee as incense1 · 2%
- and perfume1 · 2%
- and mine incense1 · 2%
- mine incense1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.