Dictionary entry

θυμιατήριον

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

θυμιατήριον, -ου, τό

(< θυμιάω), [in LXX: II Ch 26:19, Ez 8:11 (מִקְטֶרֶת), IV Mac 7:11*;]

1. as in cl. (Hdt., iv, 162; Thuc., vi, 46) and LXX, a censer: He 9:4 (but v. infr., and cf. Westc., in l.).

2. As in Philo., rer. div., § 46, FlJ, Ant., iv, 2, 4, al., the altar of incense: He 9:4 (but v. supr. and cf. MM, Exp., xv).†