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In the context of the New Testament, it is associated with the rituals and practices of worship, particularly in the temple or tabernacle settings.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Jewish worship, incense played a significant role in the sacrificial system. The burning of incense was a symbolic act representing the prayers of the people ascending to God. The censer was an essential tool in this ritual, used by priests to carry and burn incense during temple services. The use of incense and censers was deeply rooted in the religious practices of the Israelites, as outlined in the Old Testament, particularly in the books of Exodus and Leviticus.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/greek/2370.htm">thumiaó</a> and -térion (suff. denoting place)<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>altar of incense, a censer<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>altar of incense (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 2369: θυμιατήριον</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">θυμιατήριον</span></span>, <span class="greek2">θυμιατηριου</span>, <span class="greek2">τό</span> (<span class="greek2">θυμιάω</span>), properly, <span class="accented">a utensil for fumigating or burning incense</span> (cf. <span class="abbreviation">Winer</span>'s Grammar, 96 (91)); hence: <p><span class="textheading">1.</span> <span class="accented">a censer</span>: <a href="/interlinear/2_chronicles/26-19.htm">2 Chronicles 26:19</a>; <a href="/interlinear/ezekiel/8-11.htm">Ezekiel 8:11</a>; <span class="abbreviation">Herodotus</span> 4, 162; <span class="abbreviation">Thucydides</span> 6, 46; <span class="abbreviation">Diodorus</span> 13, 3; <span class="abbreviation">Josephus</span>, Antiquities 4, 2, 4; 8, 3, 8; <span class="abbreviation">Aelian</span> v. h. 12, 51. <p><span class="textheading">2.</span> <span class="accented">the altar of incense</span>: <span class="abbreviation">Philo</span>, rer. div. haer. § 46; vit. Moys. iii. § 7; <span class="abbreviation">Josephus</span>, Antiquities 3, 6, 8; 3, 8, 3; <span class="abbreviation">b. j.</span> 5, 5, 5; <span class="abbreviation">Clement of Alexandria</span>; <span class="abbreviation">Origen</span>; and so in <a href="/interlinear/hebrews/9-4.htm">Hebrews 9:4</a> ((where <span class="manuref">Tr</span> marginal reading brackets), also 2 <span class="manuref">Tr</span> marginal reading in brackets), where see Bleek, Lünemann, Delitzsch, Kurtz, in opposed to those ((<span class="abbreviation">A. V.</span> included)) who think it means <span class="accented">censer</span>; (yet cf. Harnack in the Studien und Kritiken for 1876, p. 572f).<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>an altar of incense, a censer<p>From a derivative of <a href="/greek/2370.htm">thumiao</a>; a place of fumigation, i.e. The alter of incense (in the Temple) -- censer. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2370.htm">thumiao</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>θυμιατηριον θυμιατήριον thumiaterion thumiatērion thymiaterion thymiatērion thymiatḗrion<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/hebrews/9-4.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Hebrews 9:4</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular">N-ANS</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/9.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">χρυσοῦν ἔχουσα <b>θυμιατήριον</b> καὶ τὴν</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/hebrews/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> a golden <span class="itali">altar of incense</span> and the ark<br><a href="/kjvs/hebrews/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the golden <span class="itali">censer,</span> and<br><a href="/interlinear/hebrews/9-4.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> a golden having <span class="itali">altar of incense</span> and the<p><b><a href="/greek/2369.htm">Strong's Greek 2369</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_2369.htm">1 Occurrence</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/thumiate_rion_2369.htm">θυμιατήριον — 1 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="/greek/2368.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2368"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2368" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/greek/2370.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2370"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2370" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>