Censer
λιβανωτόςStrong’s G3031libanōtos
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Libanōtos is the Greek word usually translated “censer”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“And 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.”
Meaning
Usually translated “censer”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- a censer 1
- censer 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Revelation 2
1 book in all.
Related words
Greek dictionary
λιβανωτός libanōtos · censer
λιβανωτός, -οῦ, ὁ (λίβανος), [in LXX: 1Ch.9:29, 3Ma.5:2 * ;] 1. in cl. (and LXX), frankincense, the gum of the libanus. 2. = Late Gk., λιβανωτρίς, a censer: Rev.8:3, 5 (the same form appears in Inscr.; MM, xvi).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “censer” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CENSER, noun
A vase or pan in which incense is burned. Among the Jews, a kind of chafing-dish, covered by a dome, and suspended by a chain, used to offer perfumes in sacrifices.
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.