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Fumigation

מִקְטָרStrong’s H4729

miqtar (miq-tar)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Miqtar is the Hebrew word usually translated “place of smoke of”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it.”
Exodus 30:1 KJV
Meaning
  1. Place of sacrificial smoke, altar, hearth, incense
How it's translated
  • a place of smoke of 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Exodus 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    מִקְטָר miqtar · fumigation

    place of sacrificial smoke, altar, hearth, incense

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “fumigation” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    FUMIGA'TION, noun

    [Latin fumigatio.]

    1. The act of smoking or applying smoke, as in chimistry for softening a metal, or in the healing art by inhaling the smoke of certain substances.
    2. Vapors; scent raised by fire.

    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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.