קָטַר
enclosed
‘enclosed’ is one of 2 main senses fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
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Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
Gender
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Every verse where H7000 appears — 1 distinct verse across 1 book. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Ezekiel 1 verse
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קטר — transliterated qâṭar — is a Hebrew verb carrying the sense “enclosed.” It occurs a mere 1 verse across Scripture. Its uses cluster heavily in Ezekiel (100% of all occurrences). Scripture uses it exactly once, at Ezekiel 46:22. Across 5 stems, its meaning turns on the binyan (Piel, Pual). See the sense tree, 1-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
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About this word
Strong's H7000 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 1
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 1 distinct verse.
- 1 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 1 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #6,101
- by frequency
- Rank #6,101 (rank 6,101 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 1 occurrence in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Ezekiel 1 verse 100%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 1 distinct verse.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 1 verse · 100%
How translations render this word
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BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Joined 1×
- American Standard Version†: Inclosed 1×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Were enclosed 1×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Were four small courtyards 1×
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American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H7000 across 1† tagged occurrence — most commonly:
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H7000 across 1† tagged occurrence — most commonly:
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10 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Pual (the passive of Piel) and Hophal (the passive of Hiphil).
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 10 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
קטר I denom. Pi. Hiph. make sacrifices smoke, send them up in smoke (proposes produce קְטֹרֶת, v StaZAW vi (1886), 298 f.)
Piel
- Pf. 3 mpl. קִטְּרוּ Je 19:13 +, קִטַּרְתֶּם Je 44:21, 23; Impf. 3 ms. יְקַטֵּר Hb 1:16 +; 3 mpl. יְקַטֵּר֑וּן Ho 11:2, etc.; Inf. abs. קַטֵּר 1 S 2:16 +; cstr. Je 11:13 +, Pt. pl. מְקַטְּרִים Is 65:3 +, etc.;—make sacrifices smoke, offer them by burning: to י׳, 1 S 2:16 (where prob. read יְקַטְּרוּן [and so v 15] Stal.c. 299): elsewhere to other gods or in illegal worship, Je 44:23; c. acc. קִטֵּר (but see this, infr.) Je 44:21 (here [and al. in some other passages] of incense), תּוֹדָה Am 4:5; place is usually c. ב, e.g. בַּבָּמוֹת 2 K 17:11; 23:5; עוֹד הָעָם מְזַבְּחִים וּמְקַטְּרִים בַּבָּמוֹת 1 K 22:44; 2 K 12:4; 14:4; 15:4, 35 (R), cf. 2 K 16:4 = 2 Ch 28:4 (cf. RSSem. i. 471; 2nd ed. 490); הַבּ׳ אֲשֶׁר קִטְּרוּ שָׁמָּה 2 K 23:8; c. עַל e.g. על הגבעות Ho 4:13, על גג(ו)ת Je 19:13; 32:29, על הלבנים Is 65:3, על ההרים v 7; c. לְ of deity, Ho 11:2; Je 1:16 + 14 times Je (+ 19:13; 32:29 supr.), Hb 1:16; 2 K 22:17; 23:5; 2 Ch 25:14; 28:25; 34:25 Qr (> Kt Hiph.), to the brazen serpent 2 K 18:4. e.g. Jeremiah 19:13
Pual
- Pt. מְקֻטֶּרֶת מֹר וגו׳ Ct 3:6 fumigated with myrrh, etc. (Aq. 𝔙 Schlottm מִקְטֹרֶת). e.g. Song of Solomon 3:6
Hiphil
- Pf. 3 ms. הִקְטִיר Lv 9:10 +; 2 ms. הִקְטַרְתָּ Ex 29:13, 18, 25, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יַקְטִיר Lv 4:26; 16:25, וַיַּקְטֵר Ex 40:27 +, etc.: Imv. ms. הַקְטֵר 2 K 16:15; Inf. abs. הַקְטֵיר 1 K 9:25; cstr. לְהַקְטִיר Ex 30:20 +; Pt. מַקְטִיר Je 33:18 +, etc. e.g. Leviticus 9:10
- 1. make sacrifices smoke, usually
- a. in worship of י׳: abs. 1 K 12:33; 13:1; 2 Ch 29:11; c. acc. חלב Lv 17:6; Nu 18:17; 1 S 2:15, 16, עלת 2 K 16:13, 15; 2 Ch 13:11, אִשֶּׁה Ex 30:20; Lv 2:11; Nu 18:17, מנחה Je 33:18; רֹאשׁ etc. Lv 8:20 אַזְכָּרָה Lv 2:16; חלבי השׁלמים Lv 6:5; קטרת 1 S 2:28; on 1 K 9:25 v. Klo Benz; place is על מזבח Lv 4:10 + 5 times, הַמִּזְבֵּ֫חָה Ex 29:13, 18, 25 + 23 times Lv, Nu 5:26 (all P); c. הַמִּזְבֵּחַ (acc.) Lv 6:8; בַּבָּמוֹת 1 K 3:3; בגיא בן הִנִּם 2 Ch 28:3. e.g. 1 Kings 12:33
- b. less often in worship of other gods. לאלהיהן (gods of Sol.’s wives) 1 K 11:8, לאלהיו (of Moab) Je 48:35, להם (Baalim) Ho 2:15;—2 Ch 34:25 read Qr Piʿel. e.g. 1 Kings 11:8
- 2. cause incense to smoke, offer incense abs. 2 Ch 2:5; 26:18(×2), 19; c. עַל of altar 2 Ch 26:16; Ex 30:7; 40:27; c. acc. יַקְטִירֶנָּה 30:7, 8, קטרת סמים 30:7; 40:27; 2 Ch 2:3, קטרת תמיד Ex 30:8, הק׳ קטרת Nu 17:5; 2 Ch 29:7. e.g. 2 Chronicles 2:5
- 3. make smoke upon (על) both altars (of burnt-offering and of incense) 1 Ch 6:34, cf. also 23:13. e.g. 1 Chronicles 6:34
Hophal
- be made to smoke as a sacrifice: Impf. 3 fs. תָּקְטָ֑ר Lv 6:15;Pt. מֻקְמָר Mal 1:11 (Ew Ke al.[Ges§ 121 b]; We Now read מ׳ לִשְׁמִי מִנְחָה; but v. מֻקְטָר). e.g. Leviticus 6:15
קטר II dubious word
Qal
- Pt. pass. pl. חֲצֵרוֹת קְטֻרוֹת Ez 46:22 enclosed courts (cf. interpr. in LevyNHWB, and ܒܳܬܶܐ ܩܛܺܝܪܶܐ PS3589), but read prob. קְטַנּוֹת small, 𝔊 𝔖 Co Toy Berthol Krae. e.g. Ezekiel 46:22
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. vb.denom. Pi. Hiph. make sacrifices smoke, send them up in smoke (proposes produce קְטֹרֶת, v StaZAW vi (1886), 298 f.);—
II. vb. dubious word; si vera l. appar. = shut in, enclose (𝔗 קְטַר, Syriac ܩܛܰܪ bind, ܩܶܛܪܳܐ chain);—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Origin: a primitive root
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
קָטַר I
- [to circle,] to rise in circles, to smoke. Ker. 6ᵇ דבר שקוֹטֵר ועולה וריחו וכ׳ (not שקיטר) something which circles and rises, and whose savor spreads. Ib. מה לשון קטרת דבר שקוטר ועולה ḳ’ṭoreth means something which circles &c.
- to offer incense (mostly with ref. to idolatrous rites). Tosef. Snh. X, 2 אחד העובד … ואחד המְקַטֵּר וכ׳ whether one worships (an idol), or sacrifices, or offers incense &c.; Ker. 3ᵇ. Ib. מקטר לשד וכ׳ who makes incense rise to a demon in order to exorcise him; Snh. 65ᵃ. Ber. 53ᵃ, v. כֶּשֶׁף. Lev. R. s. 7, v. infra; a. fr.—Part. pass. מְקוּטָּר; f. מְקוּטֶּרֶת perfumed. Pirké d’R. El. ch. XXX (play on קטורה) שהיתה מק׳ מכל וכ׳ she was (through her good deeds) more savory than all kinds of spices; Gen. R. s. 61 שמק׳ מצות וכ׳ she was perfumed with godly deeds and good works (v. קָטַר II).
- same (mostly with ref. to the Lord). [Tosef. Snh. X, 3 והמקטיר, prob. to be read: והמְקַטֵּיר.] Men. 110ᵃ (ref. to Mal. I, 11) אלו … כאילו מַקְטִירִין וכ׳ this refers to the students engaged in the Law; wherever it be, I account it to them as if they were offering incense and bringing sacrifices to my Name. Lev. R. s. 7 (ref. to מקטר קטרת, Ex. XXX, 1) מִתְקַטֵּר בקטרת אין כתיב כאן אלא מְקטֵּר … המזבח היה מַקְטִיר וכ׳ it says not ‘being perfumed with incense’, but ‘perfuming with incense’, the altar gave forth incense of itself. Ber. 7ᵃ פעם … לְהַקְטִיר קטרת וכ׳ once I entered to let incense rise in the Holy of Holies; a. fr. e.g. Malachi 1:11
- to be perfumed, v. supra.
קְטַר
- v. infra.
- to let incense rise. Targ. O. Ex. XXX, 1. Ib. 7 (Y. some ed. Pe.). Targ. O. ib. XL, 27; a. e.
קָטַר II
- v. preced.) to wreathe, tie. Gen. R. s. 61 (play on קטורה) קָטְרָה מצות וכ׳ Ar. (ed. שמקוטרת, v. קָטַר I) she wreathed (made a crown of) godly deeds &c.; Yalk. ib. 109; Yalk. Chr. 1073.—[Gen. R. l. c. מן קטר, a grammatical gloss, v. Yalk. Gen. l. c., and Ar. s. v. קטר 2.]—Part. pass. קָטוּר; f. קְטוּרָה &c. Midd. II, 5 (ref. to קְטֻרוֹת, Ez. XLVI, 22) אין קְטוּרוֹת אלא שאינן מקורות ‘fenced in’ means that they were not roofed; Yalk. Ez. 381. e.g. Ezekiel 46:22
קְטַר ²
- , to tie. Targ. Jud. XV, 4. Targ. Gen. XXXVIII, 28; a. fr.—Part. pass. קְטִיר; f. קְטִירָא, קְטִירַת &c. Targ. Y. ib. XXII, 4 (ed. Amst. קָטֵר, read: קָטִר). Targ. Prov. XXII, 15; a. fr.—Koh. R. to III, 2 [read:] הן דאת קָטֵיר לולבך קְטֹר אלפך when thou tiest thy Lulab, tie thy ship; Gen. R. s. 6, a. e., v. לוּלָבָא. Ber. 16ᵃ, v. גְּנוּנָא. Bekh. 31ᵃ דאתו קטיר, v. תַּכְתַּקָּא. Koh. R. to IX, 10 אייתון … וקַטְרוּ ברגלי get a rope and tie it to my feet. Y. Erub. X, 26ᶜ top קטיר בגמי (not קטר) tied with reed-grass. Y. Gitt. IV, 46ᵃ (we must not help captives to escape) מפני … דלא יהוון קַטְרִינוֹן this law is made for the benefit of the (remaining) captives, that they (the captors) may not chain them; a. fr.—2) (v. קָשַׁר) to gather, be covered. Ber. 59ᵃ, v. עֵיבָא a. עֲנָנָא.
- same. Part. pass. מְקַטַּר, מְקַטְּרָא &c. Targ. Ez. XLVI, 22 מְקַטְּרָן fenced in (v. preced.).—Y. Ned. VI, 39ᵈ top חלבא מקטרא bound (curdled) milk, v. קוֹם.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
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