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קָטַר H6999
H6999 is the Hebrew word קָטַר, transliterated qâṭar and said kaw-tar'. The King James Version most often renders it burn.
What it means
to smoke, i.e. turn into fragrance by fire (especially as an act of worship).
Where it comes from
a primitive root (identical with through the idea of fumigation in a close place and perhaps thus driving out the occupants).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 98 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: burn (incense, sacrifice) (upon), (altar for) incense, kindle, offer (incense, a sacrifice).
Verses using קָטַר
The first 40 of 111 verses, quoted in full.
Exodus 29:13 · KJV
And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar.
Exodus 29:18 · KJV
And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt offering unto the LORD: it is a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
Exodus 29:25 · KJV
And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savour before the LORD: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
Exodus 30:7 · KJV
And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.
Exodus 30:8 · KJV
And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations.
Exodus 30:20 · KJV
When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD:
Exodus 40:27 · KJV
And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Leviticus 1:9 · KJV
But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
Leviticus 1:13 · KJV
But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
Leviticus 1:15 · KJV
And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar:
Leviticus 1:17 · KJV
And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
Leviticus 2:2 · KJV
And he shall bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD:
Leviticus 2:9 · KJV
And the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorial thereof, and shall burn it upon the altar: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
Leviticus 2:11 · KJV
No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the LORD, shall be made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the LORD made by fire.
Leviticus 2:16 · KJV
And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beaten corn thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
Leviticus 3:5 · KJV
And Aaron’s sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
Leviticus 3:11 · KJV
And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire unto the LORD.
Leviticus 3:16 · KJV
And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the LORD’s.
Leviticus 4:10 · KJV
As it was taken off from the bullock of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall burn them upon the altar of the burnt offering.
Leviticus 4:19 · KJV
And he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it upon the altar.
Leviticus 4:26 · KJV
And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.
Leviticus 4:31 · KJV
And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour unto the LORD; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him.
Leviticus 4:35 · KJV
And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him.
Leviticus 5:12 · KJV
Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: it is a sin offering.
Leviticus 6:12 · KJV
And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings.
Leviticus 6:15 · KJV
And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the meat offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour, even the memorial of it, unto the LORD.
Leviticus 7:5 · KJV
And the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a trespass offering.
Leviticus 7:31 · KJV
And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons’.
Leviticus 8:16 · KJV
And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned it upon the altar.
Leviticus 8:20 · KJV
And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat.
Leviticus 8:21 · KJV
And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet savour, and an offering made by fire unto the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Leviticus 8:28 · KJV
And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the burnt offering: they were consecrations for a sweet savour: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
Leviticus 9:10 · KJV
But the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin offering, he burnt upon the altar; as the LORD commanded Moses.
Leviticus 9:13 · KJV
And they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the pieces thereof, and the head: and he burnt them upon the altar.
Leviticus 9:14 · KJV
And he did wash the inwards and the legs, and burnt them upon the burnt offering on the altar.
Leviticus 9:17 · KJV
And he brought the meat offering, and took an handful thereof, and burnt it upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning.
Leviticus 9:20 · KJV
And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the altar:
Leviticus 16:25 · KJV
And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar.
Leviticus 17:6 · KJV
And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn the fat for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
Numbers 5:26 · KJV
And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.
Common questions
What does Strong's H6999 mean?
H6999 is the Hebrew word קָטַר (qâṭar), meaning to smoke, i.e. turn into fragrance by fire (especially as an act of worship).
How is H6999 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it burn (31 times), burn incense (21 times), burned incense (15 times), burnt incense (10 times), burnt (9 times), among others.
How many times does H6999 appear in the Bible?
קָטַר (qâṭar) is tagged in 111 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H6999 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root (identical with through the idea of fumigation in a close place and perhaps thus driving out the occupants).
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