H4289 - מַחְתָּה (machtâh)

H4289 מַחְתָּה (machtâh) makh-taw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

censer

Strong's Definition

a pan for live coals

Derivation: the same as H4288 (מְחִתָּה) in the sense of removal;

KJV Usage: censer, firepan, snuffdish.

TWOT Reference: 777a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) fire-holder, censer, firepan, snuff dish, tray

1a) snuff-dish

1b) fire-pans

1c) censer

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) fire-holder, censer, firepan, snuff dish, tray 1a) snuff-dish 1b) fire-pans 1c) censer

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מַחְתָּה machtâh BDB Definition: 1) fire-holder, censer, firepan, snuff dish, tray 1a) snuff-dish 1b) fire-pans 1c) censer Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: the same as H4288 in the sense of removal Same Word by TWOT Number: 777a Total KJV Occurrences: 22

Bible Occurrences (19)

25:38 27:3 37:23 38:3

10:1 16:12

4:9 4:14 16:6 16:17 16:18 16:37 16:38 16:39 16:46

7:50

25:15

4:22

52:19

Exodus 25:38

The wick trimmers and their trays must be of pure gold.

Exodus 27:3

Make... all its utensils of bronze — its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans.

Exodus 37:23

He also made its seven lamps, its wick trimmers, and trays of pure gold.

Exodus 38:3

He made all the altar’s utensils of bronze — its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks, and firepans -.

Leviticus 10:1

Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense -, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to His command -.

Leviticus 16:12

Then he must take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls... of finely ground fragrant incense, and take them inside the veil.

Numbers 4:9

They are to take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand used for light, together with its lamps, wick trimmers, and trays, as well as the jars of oil with which to supply it -.

Numbers 4:14

and place on it all the vessels used to serve there: the firepans, meat forks, shovels, and sprinkling bowls— all the equipment of the altar. They are to spread over it a covering of fine leather... and insert the poles.