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To offer

קָטַרStrong’s H6999

qatar (qa-tar)

Appears in 112 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Qatar is the Hebrew word usually translated “make smoke”, “made smoke” and “making smoke”. It appears in 112 verses of the Old Testament.

“And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar.”
Exodus 29:13 KJV
Meaning
  1. To sacrifice, burn incense, burn sacrifices, make sacrifices smoke(Piel) · (Pual) to smoke a sacrifice · (Hiphil) · (Hophal) to be made to smoke
  2. V
  3. Incense-altar
How it's translated
  • to make smoke 19
  • and he will make smoke 18
  • and he made smoke 14
  • and making smoke 7
  • making smoke 5
  • they made smoke 4
  • and they have made smoke 4
  • and you will make smoke 3

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

Where it's used most
  • Leviticus 33
  • Jeremiah 21
  • 2 Chronicles 15
  • 2 Kings 12
  • Exodus 7
  • 1 Kings 7

15 books in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
All 112 verses, by book
1 Samuel 3
2:152:162:28
1 Chronicles 2
6:4923:13
Song of Solomon 1
3:6
Isaiah 2
65:365:7
Amos 1
4:5
Habakkuk 1
1:16
Malachi 1
1:11
Hebrew dictionary

קָטַר qatar · to offer

: burn v 1) to sacrifice, burn incense, burn sacrifices, make sacrifices smoke 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to make sacrifices smoke 1a2) to sacrifice 1b) (Pual) to smoke a sacrifice 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to make sacrifices smoke 1c2) to cause incense to smoke, offer incense 1c3) to make smoke upon 1d) (Hophal) to be made to smoke

מֻקְטָר muqtar · incense

v incense

מְקַטֵרָה meqaterah · incense-altar

incense-altar

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

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

OF'FER, verb transitive

[Latin offero; ob and fero, to bring.]

  1. Literally, to bring to or before; hence, to present for acceptance or rejection; to exhibit something that may be taken or received or not.
  2. To present in words; to proffer; to make a proposal to.“I offer thee three things” 2 Samuel 24:12
  3. To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; often with up.“Thou shalt offer every day a bullock as a sin-offering for atonement” Exodus 29:36“A holy priesthood to offer up spiritual sacrifices” 1 Peter 2:5
  4. To present in prayer or devotion.
All definitions and other forms of “offer”
  1. To bid, as a price, reward or wages; as, to offer ten eagles for a ring; to offer a hundred dollars a year for a laborer; to offer a salary.
  2. To present to the view or to the mind; as ideas which sense or reflection offers to the mind.

OF'FER, verb intransitive

  1. To present itself; to be at hand.
  2. To present verbally; to declare a willingness.
  3. To make an attempt.

OF'FER, noun

  1. A proposal to be accepted or rejected; presentation to choice.
  2. First advance.
  3. The act of bidding a price, or the sum bid.
  4. Attempt; endeavor; essay.

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.