Incense
θυμίαμαStrong’s G2368thumiama
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Thumiama is the Greek word usually translated “incense” and “incenses”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense.”
Meaning
Usually translated “incense” and “incenses”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- incense 5
- of incenses 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 4
- Luke 2
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 1:11And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
- Revelation 5:8And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
- Revelation 8:3And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
- Revelation 8:4And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand.
- Revelation 18:13And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
Greek dictionary
θυμίαμα thumiama · incense
θυμίαμα, -τος, τό (θυμιάω), [in LXX chiefly for קְטֹרֶת ;] fragrant stuff for burning, incense: ἡ ὥρα τοῦ θ., Luk.1:10; θυσιαστήριον τοῦ θ. (Exo.30:27, al.), Luk.1:11; pl., Rev.5:8 8:3-4 18:13.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “incense” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
IN'CENSE, noun
in'cens. [Latin incensum, burnt, from incendo, to burn.]
- Perfume exhaled by fire; the odors of spices and gums, burnt in religious rites, or as an offering to some deity.“A thick cloud of incense went up” Ezekiel 8:11
- The materials burnt for making perfumes.
- Acceptable prayers and praises.
- In the Materia Medica, a dry resinous substance known by the name of thus and olibanum.
All definitions and other forms of “incense”
IN'CENSE, verb transitive
in'cens. To perfume with incense In the Romish church, it is the deacon's office to incense the officiating priest or prelate, and the choir.
INCENSE, verb transitive
incens.' To enkindle or inflame to violent anger; to excite angry passions; to provoke; to irritate; to exasperate; to heat; to fire. It expresses less than enrage.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.