Wick Trimmer

A tool used to cut the burnt part of a candle wick to reduce smoke when it burns.

About Wick Trimmer

A snuffer is a kind of cap placed over the burning wick of a lamp to extinguish it by cutting off the air supply. The specific ones mentioned for the Temple service would have been made of gold.

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Key References

1 Kings 7:50

the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers; and the gold hinges for the doors of the inner temple (that is, the Most Holy Place) as well as for the doors of the main hall of the temple.

2 Chronicles 4:22

the wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers of pure gold; and the gold doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place as well as the doors of the main hall.

Jeremiah 52:18

They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.

All Scripture References (5)

1 Kings (1)
1 Kings 7:50

the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers; and the gold hinges for the doors of the inner temple (that is, the Most Holy Place) as well as for the doors of the main hall of the temple.

2 Kings (2)
2 Kings 12:14

Instead, it was paid to those doing the work, and with it they repaired the house of the LORD.

2 Kings 25:14

They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.

2 Chronicles (1)
2 Chronicles 4:22

the wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers of pure gold; and the gold doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place as well as the doors of the main hall.

Jeremiah (1)
Jeremiah 52:18

They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.