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Strong's Hebrew

2553. chamman -- a sun pillar
... Word Origin from chamam Definition a sun pillar NASB Word Usage incense altars
(7), incense stands (1). idol, image. From chammah; a sun-pillar -- idol, image. ...
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4729c. meqatterah -- incense altar
... Word Origin from the same as qatar Definition incense altar NASB Word Usage incense
altars (1). 4729b, 4729c. meqatterah. 4730 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

Celsus Then Proceeds to Say that "We Shrink from Raising Altars...
... Celsus then proceeds to say that "we shrink from raising altars, statues, and temples;
and ... of every good man as an altar from which arises an incense which is ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter xvii celsus then proceeds.htm

Letter Xlvii. (AD 398. )
... For we have no scruple about inhaling the air into which we know that the
smoke from all the altars and incense of idolaters ascends. ...
/.../augustine/the confessions and letters of st/letter xlvii a d 398.htm

Wine is Used Along with Incense; and of This...
... Wine is used along with incense; and of this, in like manner, we ask an explanation ...
out why that liquor is offered; that is, why wine is poured on the altars. ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/29 wine is used along.htm

Finally, that we May Always Abide by the Rule and Definition by ...
... must have its causes, we will hold it fast here also, so as to demand of you what
is the cause, what the reason, that incense is put on the altars before the ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/27 finally that we may.htm

Whether Sufficient Reason Can be Assigned for the Ceremonies ...
... also enlightens and refreshes. Again, Christ is signified by the two altars
of holocausts and incense. Because all works of virtue ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether sufficient reason can be.htm

So, Then, if These Things are So, we Desire to Learn This...
... because we see that of these things which are brought to their altars, nothing is
added to and reaches the substance of the deities; for either incense is given ...
/.../arnobius/the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/3 so then if these.htm

But if any have Endured Much violence and the Strong Pressure of ...
... even crammed into their mouths some of the meat that had been offered to idols,
and putting incense into their hands, they dragged them to the altars, and then ...
/.../peter/the writings of peter of alexandria/canon xiv but if any.htm

There Are, Then, among the Righteous Some who are Carbuncles...
... gods, that there is no comparison between our statues and the statues of the heathen,
nor between our altars, with what we may call the incense ascending from ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter xx there are then.htm

Inexcusable Irreverence and Ingratitude
... Does he want candles when his torch makes the mountains to be great altars,
smoking with the incense of praise to the God of creation? ...
/.../spurgeons sermons volume 38 1892/inexcusable irreverence and ingratitude.htm

Under the Fig-Tree.
... There are those today who have their altars of prayer in some secluded place. ... To
him was given incense, which he offered with the prayers of saints upon the ...
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Torrey's Topical Textbook

Exodus 30:1-6
And you shall make an altar to burn incense on: of shittim wood shall you make it.
Torrey's Topical Textbook

Subtopics

Altars

Altars for Burnt-Offering

Altars for Idolatrous Worship, often Erected on Roofs of Houses

Altars for Idolatrous Worship, to be Destroyed

Altars of Brick, Hateful to God