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Easton's Bible Dictionary

Censer:

the vessel in which incense was presented on "the golden altar" before the Lord in the temple (Exd 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 (2Ch 26:19; Eze 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 (1Ki 7:50; 2Ch 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 (Hbr 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 (1Ki 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.

King James Dictionary

Censer: An Instrument Used for Burning Incense.

And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand. And the angel took the CENSER, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake. (Revelation 8:4-5)

Nave's Topical Bible

Censer: Used for Offering Incense

Lev 16:12; Num 4:14; 16:6, 7, 16-18, 46; Rev 8:3

Censer: For the Temple, Made of Gold

1Ki 7:50; 2Ch 4:22; Hbr 9:4

Censer: Those Which Korah Used Were Converted into Plates

Num 16:37-39

Censer: Used in Idolatrous Rites

Eze 8:11

Censer: Symbolical

Rev 8:3, 5

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Censer:

"a vessel for burning incense" (2Ch 26:19; Eze 8:11), is found in Hbr 9:4.

Censer:

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.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Censer:

A small portable vessel of metal fitted to receive burning coals from the altar, and on which the incense for burning was sprinkled (2 Chronicles 26:19; Luke 1:9). The only distinct precepts regarding the use of the censer are found in Leviticus 16:12 and in Numbers 4:14. Solomon prepared "censers of pure gold" as part of the temple furniture (1 Kings 7:50; 2 Chronicles 4:22). The word rendered "censer" in Hebrews 9:4 probably means the "altar of incense."