Hebrew noun (feminine) · H4289
מַחְתָּה
machtahmakh-taw'
censer
22 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: machtâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4289is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 39Old Testament books
- 17spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H4289
a pan for live coals
The King James renders it: censer, firepan, snuffdish.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
machtah is rendered "censer". It stands 22 times in the Hebrew text, across seven books.
- Twelve of the uses stand in Numbers, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 25:38The wick trimmers and their trays must be of pure gold.
- The Greek text spells it seventeen different ways.
The first use
The wick trimmers and their trays must be of pure gold.
Exodus 25:38וּמַחְתֹּתֶ֖יהָ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Twelve of the word's twenty-two uses are in Numbers.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- censer his5
- the fire-pans4
- and fire-pans its3
- and the fire-pans2
- censers2
- censers of2
- the censer2
- fire-pans its1
- the censers1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| מַחְמָד | machmad | desire | Uses13 |
| מַחְסוֹר | machsor | need | Uses13 |
| מַחְשָׁךְ | machshak | darkness | Uses7 |
| מַחְצֵב | machtseb | hewing | Uses3 |
| מַחְלִי | Machli | Mahlite | Uses2 |
| מַחְלָפָה | machlaphah | lock | Uses2 |
| מַחְתֶּרֶת | machtereth | breaking | Uses2 |
| מַחְלֻי | machluy | suffering | Uses1 |
| מַחְמֻד | machmud | desirable | Uses1 |
| מַחְמָל | machmal | compassion | Uses1 |
| מַחְסוֹם | machsom | muzzle | Uses1 |
| מַחְשֹׂף | machsoph | exposing | Uses1 |
and 1 more on the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 22, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
17 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- מַחְתָּת֗וֹ3
- הַ֠מַּחְתָּה2
- וְהַמַּחְתּ֖וֹת2
- וּמַחְתֹּתֶ֖יהָ2
- הַמַּחְתּוֹת֙1
- הַמַּחְתּ֨וֹת1
- הַמַּחְתֹּ֑ת1
- הַמַּחְתֹּ֤ת1
- הַמַּחְתֹּת֙1
- וּמַחְתֹּתָ֑יו1
- מַחְתּ֔וֹת1
- מַחְתּוֹת֩1
and 5 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular5HNcfsc/Sp3ms
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural5HTd/Ncfpa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular2HC/Ncfpc/Sp3fs
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural2HC/Td/Ncfpa
- noun · feminine plural2HNcfpa
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)2HNcfpc
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular2HTd/Ncfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HC/Ncfpc/Sp3ms
- noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular1HNcfpc/Sp3fs
Exodus
four uses
The wick trimmers and their trays must be of pure gold.
- וּמַחְתֹּתֶ֖יהָumachtoteihaconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and fire-pans its
Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans.
- וּמַחְתֹּתָ֑יוumachtotavconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and fire-pans its
He also made its seven lamps, its wick trimmers, and trays of pure gold.
- וּמַחְתֹּתֶ֖יהָumachtoteihaconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: and fire-pans its
He made all the altar’s utensils of bronze—its pots, shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks, and firepans.
- הַמַּחְתֹּ֑תhamachtotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the fire-pans
Leviticus
two uses
Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to His command.
- מַחְתָּת֗וֹmachtatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: censer his
Then he must take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and take them inside the veil.
- הַ֠מַּחְתָּהhamachtahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the censer
Numbers
twelve uses
They are to take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand used for light, together with its lamps, wick trimmers, and trays, as well as the jars of oil with which to supply it.
- מַחְתֹּתֶ֑יהָmachtoteihanoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: fire-pans its
and place on it all the vessels used to serve there: the firepans, meat forks, shovels, and sprinkling bowls—all the equipment of the altar. They are to spread over it a covering of fine leather and insert the poles.
- הַמַּחְתֹּ֤תhamachtotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the fire-pans
You, Korah, and all your followers are to do as follows: Take censers,
- מַחְתּ֔וֹתmachtotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: censers
Each man is to take his censer, place incense in it, and present it before the LORD—250 censers. You and Aaron are to present your censers as well.”
- מַחְתָּת֗וֹmachtatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: censer his
- מַחְתָּת֔וֹmachtatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: censer his
- מַחְתֹּ֑תmachtotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: censers
- מַחְתָּתֽוֹ׃machtatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: censer his
So each man took his censer, put fire and incense in it, and stood with Moses and Aaron at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- מַחְתָּת֗וֹmachtatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: censer his
“Tell Eleazar son of Aaron the priest to remove the censers from the flames and to scatter the coals far away, because the censers are holy.
- הַמַּחְתֹּת֙hamachtotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the censers
As for the censers of those who sinned at the cost of their own lives, hammer them into sheets to overlay the altar, for these were presented before the LORD, and so have become holy. They will serve as a sign to the Israelites.”
- מַחְתּוֹת֩machtotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: censers of
So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers brought by those who had been burned up, and he had them hammered out to overlay the altar,
- מַחְתּ֣וֹתmachtotnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: censers of
Moses said to Aaron, “Take your censer, place fire from the altar in it, and add incense. Go quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, because wrath has come out from the LORD; the plague has begun.”
- הַ֠מַּחְתָּהhamachtahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the censer
1 Kings
one use
the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers; and the gold hinges for the doors of the inner temple (that is, the Most Holy Place) as well as for the doors of the main hall of the temple.
- וְהַמַּחְתּ֖וֹתvehamachtotconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and the fire-pans
2 Kings
one use
The captain of the guard also took away the censers and sprinkling bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.
- הַמַּחְתּוֹת֙hamachtotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the fire-pans
2 Chronicles
one use
the wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers of purest gold; and the gold doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place as well as the doors of the main hall.
- וְהַמַּחְתּ֖וֹתvehamachtotconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: and the fire-pans
Jeremiah
one use
The captain of the guard also took away the basins, censers, sprinkling bowls, pots, lampstands, pans, and drink offering bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.
- הַמַּחְתּ֨וֹתhamachtotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the fire-pans
Where it leads
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How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.