Strong’s H4289 · Hebrew
מַחְתָּה
machtâh
makh-taw'
Definition
a pan for live coals
Etymology
the same as H4288 (מְחִתָּה) in the sense of removal;
Where the KJV renders it
- censer
- firepan
- snuffdish
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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