A vessel in which incense was sprinkled on hot coals (2 Chron. 26: 19); probably a decorated rod with a bowl at the end (Heb. 9: 4). In Rev. 8: 3 an angel swings a golden censer and the ascending smoke symbolizes people's prayers.
Citation for censer
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"censer." In A Dictionary of the Bible. Ed. W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online. May 19, 2013. <http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e366>.
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"censer." In A Dictionary of the Bible. , edited by W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online, http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e366 (accessed May 19, 2013).