Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(set on fire). A small portable vessel of copper (Num. 16:39; Lev. 16:12), or gold (1 Kings 7:50; Heb. 9:4), for carrying the coals on which incense was burned.
Concise Bible Dictionary:
A small vessel made of metal, to contain burning coals from the altar, on which incense was sprinkled by the priest, that a cloud of incense might arise therefrom (Lev. 10:1; Lev. 16:12). Solomon made some of gold (1 Kings 7:50; 2 Chron. 4:22; Heb. 9:4; Rev. 8:3,5). The same word is used when the company of Korah, Dathan and Abiram were put to the test; the censers were probably hastily constructed ones, for 250 were needed. Aaron ran with a censer and incense between the living and the dead, and the plague was stayed (Num. 16:6-48). The same Hebrew word is translated “fire-pan” (Ex. 27:3; Ex. 38:3; 2 Kings 25:15; Jer. 52:19).
Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:
Transliteration:
libanotos
Meaning:
from 3030; frankincense, i.e. (by extension) a censer for burning it