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Lexicon :: Strong's G2370 - thymiaō

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θυμιάω
Transliteration
thymiaō (Key)
Pronunciation
thoo-mee-ah'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From a derivative of θύω (G2380) (in the sense of smoking)
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Strong’s Definitions

θυμιάω thymiáō, thoo-mee-ah'-o; from a derivative of G2380 (in the sense of smoking); to fumigate, i.e. offer aromatic fumes:—burn incense.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G2370 in the following manner: burn incense (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G2370 in the following manner: burn incense (1x).

  1. to burn incense

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
θυμιάω thymiáō, thoo-mee-ah'-o; from a derivative of G2380 (in the sense of smoking); to fumigate, i.e. offer aromatic fumes:—burn incense.
STRONGS G2370:
θυμιάω, -ῶ: 1 aorist infinitive θυμιᾶσαι [R G -άσαι]; (from θῦμα, and this from θύω, which see); in Greek writings from Pindar, Herodotus, Plato down; Sept. for קִטֵּר and הִקְטִיר; to burn incense: Luke 1:9.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
1:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2370 matches the Greek θυμιάω (thymiaō),
which occurs 45 times in 43 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:7 - “Every morning when Aaron maintains the lamps, he must burn fragrant incense on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:8 - And each evening when he lights the lamps, he must again burn incense in the LORD’s presence. This must be done from generation to generation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:5 - “Place the gold incense altar in front of the Ark of the Covenant. Then hang the curtain at the entrance of the Tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:27 - On it he burned the fragrant incense, just as the LORD had commanded him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:15 - Sometimes the servant would come even before the animal’s fat had been burned on the altar. He would demand raw meat before it had been boiled so that it could be used for roasting.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:16 - The man offering the sacrifice might reply, “Take as much as you want, but the fat must be burned first.” Then the servant would demand, “No, give it to me now, or I’ll take it by force.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:2 - At that time the people of Israel sacrificed their offerings at local places of worship, for a temple honoring the name of the LORD had not yet been built.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:4 - I am about to build a Temple to honor the name of the LORD my God. It will be a place set apart to burn fragrant incense before him, to display the special sacrificial bread, and to sacrifice burnt offerings each morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, at new moon celebrations, and at the other appointed festivals of the LORD our God. He has commanded Israel to do these things forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 2:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:6 - But who can really build him a worthy home? Not even the highest heavens can contain him! So who am I to consider building a Temple for him, except as a place to burn sacrifices to him?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:11 - They present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD every morning and evening. They place the Bread of the Presence on the holy table, and they light the gold lampstand every evening. We are following the instructions of the LORD our God, but you have abandoned him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:16 - But when he had become powerful, he also became proud, which led to his downfall. He sinned against the LORD his God by entering the sanctuary of the LORD’s Temple and personally burning incense on the incense altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:18 - They confronted King Uzziah and said, “It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD. That is the work of the priests alone, the descendants of Aaron who are set apart for this work. Get out of the sanctuary, for you have sinned. The LORD God will not honor you for this!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:19 - Uzziah, who was holding an incense burner, became furious. But as he was standing there raging at the priests before the incense altar in the LORD’s Temple, leprosy[fn] suddenly broke out on his forehead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:4 - He offered sacrifices and burned incense at the pagan shrines and on the hills and under every green tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:25 - He made pagan shrines in all the towns of Judah for offering sacrifices to other gods. In this way, he aroused the anger of the LORD, the God of his ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:7 - They also shut the doors to the Temple’s entry room, and they snuffed out the lamps. They stopped burning incense and presenting burnt offerings at the sanctuary of the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:11 - My sons, do not neglect your duties any longer! The LORD has chosen you to stand in his presence, to minister to him, and to lead the people in worship and present offerings to him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 30:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:14 - They set to work and removed the pagan altars from Jerusalem. They took away all the incense altars and threw them into the Kidron Valley.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:12 - Don’t you realize that Hezekiah is the very person who destroyed all the LORD’s shrines and altars? He commanded Judah and Jerusalem to worship only at the altar at the Temple and to offer sacrifices on it alone.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:25 - For my people have abandoned me and offered sacrifices to pagan gods, and I am very angry with them for everything they have done. My anger will be poured out on this place, and it will not be quenched.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:6 - Young Women of Jerusalem
Who is this sweeping in from the wilderness
like a cloud of smoke?
Who is it, fragrant with myrrh and frankincense
and every kind of spice?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:3 - All day long they insult me to my face
by worshiping idols in their sacred gardens.
They burn incense on pagan altars.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:7 - both for their own sins
and for those of their ancestors,”
says the LORD.
“For they also burned incense on the mountains
and insulted me on the hills.
I will pay them back in full!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:9 - Do you really think you can steal, murder, commit adultery, lie, and burn incense to Baal and all those other new gods of yours,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:12 - Then the people of Judah and Jerusalem will pray to their idols and burn incense before them. But the idols will not save them when disaster strikes!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:13 - Look now, people of Judah; you have as many gods as you have towns. You have as many altars of shame—altars for burning incense to your god Baal—as there are streets in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:17 - “I, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, who planted this olive tree, have ordered it destroyed. For the people of Israel and Judah have done evil, arousing my anger by burning incense to Baal.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:15 - But my people are not so reliable, for they have deserted me;
they burn incense to worthless idols.
They have stumbled off the ancient highways
and walk in muddy paths.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:4 - “‘For Israel has forsaken me and turned this valley into a place of wickedness. The people burn incense to foreign gods—idols never before acknowledged by this generation, by their ancestors, or by the kings of Judah. And they have filled this place with the blood of innocent children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:13 - Yes, all the houses in Jerusalem, including the palace of Judah’s kings, will become like Topheth—all the houses where you burned incense on the rooftops to your star gods, and where liquid offerings were poured out to your idols.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:3 - They provoked my anger with all their wickedness. They burned incense and worshiped other gods—gods that neither they nor you nor any of your ancestors had ever even known.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:5 - But my people would not listen or turn back from their wicked ways. They kept on burning incense to these gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:8 - Why provoke my anger by burning incense to the idols you have made here in Egypt? You will only destroy yourselves and make yourselves an object of cursing and mockery for all the nations of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:15 - Then all the women present and all the men who knew that their wives had burned incense to idols—a great crowd of all the Judeans living in northern Egypt and southern Egypt[fn]—answered Jeremiah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:17 - We will do whatever we want. We will burn incense and pour out liquid offerings to the Queen of Heaven just as much as we like—just as we, and our ancestors, and our kings and officials have always done in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For in those days we had plenty to eat, and we were well off and had no troubles!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:18 - But ever since we quit burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and stopped worshiping her with liquid offerings, we have been in great trouble and have been dying from war and famine.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:19 - “Besides,” the women added, “do you suppose that we were burning incense and pouring out liquid offerings to the Queen of Heaven, and making cakes marked with her image, without our husbands knowing it and helping us? Of course not!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:21 - “Do you think the LORD did not know that you and your ancestors, your kings and officials, and all the people were burning incense to idols in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:23 - All these terrible things happened to you because you have burned incense to idols and sinned against the LORD. You have refused to obey him and have not followed his instructions, his decrees, and his laws.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:25 - This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘You and your wives have said, “We will keep our promises to burn incense and pour out liquid offerings to the Queen of Heaven,” and you have proved by your actions that you meant it. So go ahead and carry out your promises and vows to her!’

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 48:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:35 - “I will put an end to Moab,” says the LORD, “for the people offer sacrifices at the pagan shrines and burn incense to their false gods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:2 - But the more I[fn] called to him,
the farther he moved from me,
offering sacrifices to the images of Baal
and burning incense to idols.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:16 - Then they will worship their nets
and burn incense in front of them.
“These nets are the gods who have made us rich!”
they will claim.
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