Vine's Expository Dictionary Of New Testament Words
Censer:
1
Strong's Number: 2369
Greek: thumiaterion
"a vessel for burning incense" (2 Chron. 26:19; Ezek. 8:11), is found in Heb.
9:4.
2
Strong's Number: 3031
Greek: libanotos
denotes "frankincense," the gum of the libanos, "the frankincense
tree;" in a secondary sense, "a
vessel in which to burn incense," Rev. 8:3,5.
Note: No. 1 derives its significance from the act of burning (thumiao); No. 2 from that
which
was burned in the vessel.
Vine's Expository Dictionary Of New Testament Words
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Censer: the vessel in which incense was presented on "the golden
altar" before the Lord in the
temple (Ex. 30:1-9). The priest filled the censer with live coal from the sacred fire on
the altar of
burnt-offering, and having carried it into the sanctuary, there threw upon the burning
coals the
sweet incense (Lev. 16:12, 13), which sent up a cloud of smoke, filling the apartment with
fragrance. The censers in daily use were of brass (Num. 16:39), and were designated by a
different Hebrew name, _miktereth_ (2 Chr. 26:19; Ezek. 8:11): while those used on the day
of
Atonement were of gold, and were denoted by a word (mahtah) meaning "something to
take
fire with;" LXX. pureion = a fire-pan. Solomon prepared for the temple censers of
pure gold (1
Kings 7:50; 2 Chr. 4:22). The angel in the Apocalypse is represented with a golden censer
(Rev. 8:3, 5). Paul speaks of the golden censer as belonging to the tabernacle (Heb. 9:4).
The
Greek word thumiaterion, here rendered "censer," may more appropriately denote,
as in the
margin of Revised Version, "the altar of incense." Paul does not here say that
the thumiaterion
was in the holiest, for it was in the holy place, but that the holiest had it, i.e., that
it belonged to
the holiest (1 Kings 6:22). It was intimately connected with the high priest's service in
the
holiest.
The manner in which the censer is to be used is described in Num. 4:14; Lev. 16:12.
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Nave's Topical Bible
CENSER:
Used for offering incense
Le 16:12; Nu 4:14; 16:6,7,16-18,46; Re 8:3
For the temple, made of gold
1Ki 7:50; 2Ch 4:22; Heb 9:4
Those which Korah used were converted into plates
Nu 16:37-39
Used in idolatrous rites
Eze 8:11
SYMBOLICAL
Re 8:3,5
Nave's Topical Bible