Definition

to burn incense in worship, i.e. intercede (reciprocally, listen to prayer)

Etymology

a primitive root (rather denominative from H6281 (עֶתֶר));

Where the KJV renders it

• intreat
• (make) pray(-er)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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