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מַחְתָּה H4289
H4289 is the Hebrew word מַחְתָּה, transliterated machtâh and said makh-taw'. The King James Version most often renders it censer.
What it means
a pan for live coals.
Where it comes from
the same as H4288 (מְחִתָּה) in the sense of removal.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 21 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: censer, firepan, snuffdish.
Verses using מַחְתָּה
All 19 verses, quoted in full.
Exodus 25:38 · KJV
And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold.
Exodus 27:3 · KJV
And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass.
Exodus 37:23 · KJV
And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold.
Exodus 38:3 · KJV
And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass.
Leviticus 10:1 · KJV
And 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 16:12 · KJV
And 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:
Numbers 4:9 · KJV
And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it:
Numbers 4:14 · KJV
And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basons, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers’ skins, and put to the staves of it.
Numbers 16:6 · KJV
This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company;
Numbers 16:17 · KJV
And 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 16:18 · KJV
And 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 16:37 · KJV
Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed.
Numbers 16:38 · KJV
The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.
Numbers 16:39 · KJV
And Eleazar the priest took the brasen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar:
Numbers 16:46 · KJV
And 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.
1 Kings 7:50 · KJV
And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple.
2 Kings 25:15 · KJV
And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away.
2 Chronicles 4:22 · KJV
And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.
Jeremiah 52:19 · KJV
And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took the captain of the guard away.
Common questions
What does Strong's H4289 mean?
H4289 is the Hebrew word מַחְתָּה (machtâh), meaning a pan for live coals.
How is H4289 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it censer (6 times), censers (6 times), firepans (4 times), snuffdishes (2 times), thereof and the snuffdishes (1 time), among others.
How many times does H4289 appear in the Bible?
מַחְתָּה (machtâh) is tagged in 19 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H4289 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: the same as H4288 (מְחִתָּה) in the sense of removal.
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