Strong’s H4730 · Hebrew

מִקְטֶרֶת
miqṭereth
mik-teh'-reth

Definition

something to fume (incense) in, i.e. a coal-pan

Etymology

feminine of H4729 (מִקְטָר);

Where the KJV renders it

  • censer

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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