3548. kohen
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kohen: priest
Original Word: כֹּהֵן
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: kohen
Phonetic Spelling: (ko-hane')
Short Definition: priest

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
priest
NASB Translation
chief ministers (1), priest (425), priest and the priests (2), priest's (9), priestly (2), priests (301), priests' (5).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
כֹּהֵן750 noun masculine priest (Late Hebrew כֹּהֵן; Aramaic כָּהֵין, כַּהֲנָא, , ; Ethiopic all id.; on Phoenician and Arabic see above); — ׳כ Genesis 14:18 439t.; plural כֹּהֲנִים Exodus 19:6 272t.; construct כֹּהֲנֵי 1 Samuel 5:5 13t.; suffix כֹּהֲנַי Lamentations 1:19 22t. suffixes —

1 priest-king: e.g. Melchizedek Genesis 14:18 (E ?), compare Psalm 110:4 (the Messianic priest-king like Melchizedek); Zechariah 6:13 (Messianic priest and king); Israel מַמְלֶכֶת כֹּהֲנִים Exodus 19:6 (E) a kingdom of priests (priests and kings at once in their relation to the nations); compare Isaiah 61:6 (of Israel ministering as a priest); or a chieftain (exercising priestly functions) כֹּהֵן מִדְיָן Exodus 2:16; Exodus 3:1; Exodus 18:1 (all J E); so also probably the sons of David 2 Samuel 8:18, his grandson 1 Kings 4:5, and Ira the Jairite 2 Samuel 20:26, who as princes performed priestly functions. With these we may class the כהנים Exodus 19:22,24 (J).

2 priests of other religions than ׳י 's: Potiphera אֹן ׳כ Genesis 41:45,50 (E), Genesis 46:20 (P); Egyptian כהנים Genesis 47:22 (twice in verse); Genesis 47:26 (J); דָגוֺן ׳כ 1 Samuel 5:5; Philistine כהנים וקסמים 1 Samuel 6:2; כֹּהֲנָיו his priests: e.g. of Baal 2 Kings 10:19 #NAME? 2 Kings 10:11; of Chemosh Jeremiah 48:7; of Malcam Jeremiah 49:3; Mattan was הבעל ׳כ 2 Kings 11:18 2Chronicles 23:17; הכמרים עם הכהנים Zephaniah 1:4; Josiah burned the bones of the priests of the Baalim and Asherim 2Chronicles 34:5.

3 priests of special orders in Israel:

a. Micah in the hill-country of Ephraim consecrated his own son וַיְהִילֿוֺ לְכֹהֵן Judges 17:5; but so soon as he could secure Jonathan ben Gershom, a descendant of Moses (see VB Judges 18:30), he consecrated him, לכהן ׳היה ל Judges 17:10,12,13; Judges 18:4,19; הַכֹּהֵן Judges 18:6; Judges 18:17; Judges 18:18; Judges 18:20; Judges 18:24; Judges 18:27. He was captured by the Danites, and he and his line became priests at Dan until the Exile, Judges 18:19; Judges 18:19; Judges 18:30.

b. Jeroboam עשׂה כהנים 1 Kings 12:31 of those not מבני לוי, as (הַ)בָּמוֺת ׳כ priests of (the) high places 1 Kings 12:32; 1 Kings 13:2,33 (twice in verse) = לבמות ׳כ2Chronicles 11:15; Amaziah (of this class) was ביתאֿל ׳כ Amos 7:10; see also 2Chronicles 13:9; called by Chronicler לְלֹא אלהים ׳כ 2 Chronicles 13:9; yet Hosea rebukes them as priests of ׳י Hosea 4:4,9; Hosea 5:1; Hosea 6:9; at the Exile they were deported by the Assyrians 2 Kings 17:27,28.

c. the people imported into Samaria made some of themselves במות ׳כ to worship ׳י the God of the land 2 Kings 17:32.

4 priests in Israel הכהנים who bore the ark and the trumpets Joshua 3:13,14,15,17; Joshua 4:3,9,10,17,18 (twice in verse); Joshua 6:4 (twice in verse); Joshua 6:6 (twice in verse); Joshua 6:8,9,12,13,16 (all J E), 1 Kings 8:3,6,10,11; Eli was הכהן 1 Samuel 1:9; 1 Samuel 2:11; יהוה ׳כ 1 Samuel 14:3; and his sons ליהוה ׳כ 1 Samuel 1:3; a מִשְׁמַּט הַכֹּהֲנִים 1 Samuel 2:13 mentions the ministering priest הכהן and the ׳נַעַר הַכ 1 Samuel 2:13,14,15 (twice in verse), Ahijah was ׳הַכּ in time of Saul 1 Samuel 14:19 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 14:36; Abimelech ׳הַכּ at Nob, a priestly center, 1 Samuel 21:2; 1 Samuel 21:3; 1 Samuel 21:5; 1 Samuel 21:6; 1 Samuel 21:7; 1 Samuel 21:10; 1 Samuel 22:11; where were many ׳כֹּהֲנֵי י 1 Samuel 22:17 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 22:21, all slain by Saul except Abiathar son of Ahimelech 1 Samuel 22:11,18 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 22:19, who became ׳הַכּ 1 Samuel 23:9; 1 Samuel 30:7; 1 Kings 1:7,19,25,42; 1 Kings 2:22,26; Zadok later was ׳הַכּ 2 Samuel 15:27; 1 Kings 1:8,26,32,34,38,39,44,45; 1 Kings 2:35; 1 Kings 3:2; 1 Chronicles 16:39; 1 Chronicles 24:6: so that the two were (ה)כהנים 2 Samuel 8:17 = 1 Chronicles 18:16 (read ׳וְאֶבְיָתָר בֶּןאֿח 2 Samuel 8:17 ᵑ6 We Dr, and correct 1 Chronicles 18:16 accordingly) 2 Samuel 15:35 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 17:15; 2 Samuel 19:12; 2 Samuel 20:25; 1 Kings 4:4; Solomon removed Abiathar 1 Kings 2:27 and Zadok was anointed לְכֹהֵן according to 1 Chronicles 29:22; compare prediction of rejection of house of Eli and selection of נֶאֱמָן ׳כ 1 Samuel 2:28,35; Jehoiada ׳הַכּ led the revolution against Athaliah 2 Kings 11:9 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 11:10,15 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 11:18; 2 Kings 12:3; 2 Kings 12:8; 2 Kings 12:10 2Chronicles 22:11; 23:8 (twice in verse); 2Chronicles 23:9,14 (twice in verse); 2Chronicles 24:2,20,25, perhaps also Jeremiah 29:26; הכהנים sustaining him in his reforms 2 Kings 12:5; 2 Kings 12:6; 2 Kings 12:7; 2 Kings 12:8; 2 Kings 12:9; 2 Kings 12:10; 2 Kings 12:17; Uriah was ׳הַכּ in the reign of Ahaz 2 Kings 16:10,11 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 16:15,16; Isaiah 8:2; Hilkiah of Josiah 2 Kings 22:10,12,14; 2 Kings 23:24; 2Chronicles 34:14,18. Other individual priests are named, e.g.: Pashhur of Jehoiachin Jeremiah 20:1; Zephaniah of Zedekiah Jeremiah 21:1; Jeremiah 29:25,26,29; Jeremiah 37:3; ׳הַכּ is Ezekiel's title Ezekiel 1:3. Priests are classed with officials of state: prophets and priests 2 Kings 23:2; Isaiah 28:7; Jeremiah 5:31; Jeremiah 6:13; Jeremiah 8:10; Jeremiah 14:18; Jeremiah 23:11,33,34; Jeremiah 26:7,8,11,16; Jeremiah 29:1; Lamentations 2:20; Lamentations 4:13; priests and elders Lamentations 1:19; Lamentations 4:16; king and priest Lamentations 2:6; kings, priests, and prophets Jeremiah 13:13; kings, princes, and priests Jeremiah 1:18; princes, eunuchs, and priests Jeremiah 34:19; priest, sage, and prophet Jeremiah 18:18; chiefs, priests, and prophets Micah 3:11; prophets, priests, and elders Ezekiel 7:26; kings, princes, priests, and prophets Jeremiah 2:26; Jeremiah 4:9; Jeremiah 8:1; Jeremiah 32:32; princes, judges, prophets, and priests Zephaniah 3:4; seeming to exclude any other officials. Apparently in the same Generic sense הכהנים Jeremiah 1:1; Jeremiah 2:8; Jeremiah 27:16; Jeremiah 28:1,5; Jeremiah 29:25; Jeremiah 31:14; כַּכֹּהֵן Isaiah 24:2; כהנים Job 12:19; כהניה Lamentations 1:4; Ezekiel 22:26; כהניו Psalm 78:64. Moses and Aaron among his priests Psalm 99:6 includes Moses (against P). Zion's priests clothed with righteousness and salvation Psalm 132:9; Psalm 132:16 2Chronicles 6:41, probably here also.

5 Levitical priests הַכֹּהֲנִים הַלְוִיִּם Deuteronomy 17:9,18; Deuteronomy 18:1; Deuteronomy 24:8; Deuteronomy 27:9; Joshua 3:3; Joshua 8:33 (all D), Jeremiah 33:18 (inverted), Jeremiah 33:21 (neither in ᵐ5), 2 Chronicles 5:5 (= ׳הַכּ ׳וְהַלּ 1 Kings 8:4: Chronicler retains original Deuteronomic reading), Ezekiel 43:19; Ezekiel 44:15 (compare

6); בְּנֵי לִוֵי ׳הַכּ Deuteronomy 21:5; Deuteronomy 31:9; ׳לל ׳לקח לכ Isaiah 66:21 take for priests, for Levites (of the nations in Messianic age). Doubtless of same class are: הַכֹּהֲנִים Deuteronomy 18:3; Deuteronomy 19:17; Joshua 3:6,8; Joshua 4:11 (D); and הַכֹּהֵן, the priest officiating on a particular occasion Deuteronomy 18:3; Deuteronomy 20:2; or holding a particular dignity Deuteronomy 17:12; Deuteronomy 26:3,4. The כהנים of the other cities of Judah, הבמות ׳כ, who were not allowed to minister in Jerusalem 2 Kings 23:8 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 23:9,20, may be an attempt to enforce an exclusion from the priesthood of all but Levitical priests.

6 Zadokite priests: Ezekiel distinguishes among הכהנים הלוים those of the seed of Zadok, בְּנֵי צָדוֺק; all but the latter excluded by him from priesthood Ezekiel 40:46; Ezekiel 43:19; Ezekiel 44:15; Ezekiel 48:11; the priests of his code being all Zadokites Ezekiel 40:45,46; Ezekiel 42:13,14; Ezekiel 43:24,27; Ezekiel 44:21,22,30 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 44:31; Ezekiel 45:4,19; Ezekiel 46:2,19,20; Ezekiel 48:10,13.

7 Aaronic priests. In H. it is taken for granted that a priest is of the seed of Aaron; the plural is never used; כֹּהֵן is used for any priest Leviticus 21:9; Leviticus 22:10,11,12,13; הַכֹּהֵן for Aaron Leviticus 21:21, and for the official priest (acting for the priesthood, almost collective) Leviticus 17:5,6; Leviticus 22:14; Leviticus 23:10,11,20 (twice in verse); Leviticus 27:8 (3 t. in verse); Leviticus 27:11,12 (twice in verse); Leviticus 27:14 (twice in verse); Leviticus 27:18,21,23. The priests of P are בְּנֵי אַהֲרֹן Leviticus 1:5,8,11; Leviticus 2:2; Leviticus 3:2; Leviticus 21:1; Numbers 3:3; Numbers 10:8; Joshua 21:19; so in Chronicles 2Chronicles 13:9,10; 26:18; 29:21; 31:19; 35:14 (twice in verse); הַכֹּהֵן is used of Aaron 22 t., Eleazar 29 t., Phinehas Joshua 22:30 and elsewhere; 180 t. of ministering priests, or Generic of the priests; הכהנים Leviticus 6:22; Leviticus 7:6; Leviticus 13:2; Leviticus 16:33; Joshua 4:16; כהן Leviticus 6:16. Chronicles distinguishes הַכֹּהֲנִים וְהַלְוִיִּם 1 Chronicles 13:2; 1 Chronicles 15:11,14; 1 Chronicles 23:2; 1 Chronicles 24:6,31; 1 Chronicles 28:13,21; 2Chronicles 8:15; 11:13; 13:9,10; 23:4; 24:5; 29:4; 30:15,25; 31:2 (twice in verse); 2Chronicles 31:4,9; 34:30; 35:8,18 (the variants without וְ2Chronicles 23:18; 30:27 are due to copyists' errors), Ezra 1:5; Ezra 2:70; Ezra 3:8,12; Ezra 6:20; Ezra 7:7; Ezra 8:29,30; Ezra 9:1; Nehemiah 7:72; Nehemiah 8:13; Nehemiah 11:3; Nehemiah 12:1,30,44 (twice in verse); Nehemiah 13:30; הלוים והכהנים2Chronicles 19:8; 30:21; priests, Levites, and others 1 Chronicles 9:2; Ezra 10:5; Nehemiah 10:1; Nehemiah 10:29; Nehemiah 10:35; Nehemiah 11:20; בְּנֵי לֵוִי antith. to ׳הַכּ Ezra 8:15; הכהן בן אהרן עם הלוים Nehemiah 10:39; (ה)כהנים in Chronicles 67 t. has the same reference, as also כֹּהֲנֵינוּ Ezra 9:7; Nehemiah 9:32,34; כֹּהֵן Ezra 2:63 = Nehemiah 7:65; ליחוה ׳כ2Chronicles 26:17; כהניו His (God's) priests2Chronicles 13:12; מוֺרֶה ׳כ teaching priest2Chronicles 15:3; הַכֹּהֵן is used of Jehoiada in time of David 1 Chronicles 27:5, and Azariah in the reign of Uzziah 2Chronicles 26:17. In the literature of the restoration הַכֹּהֵן is used of Ezra, Ezra 7:11; Ezra 10:10,16; Nehemiah 8:2,9; Nehemiah 12:26; Uriah Ezra 8:33; Eliashib Nehemiah 13:4; Shelemiah Nehemiah 13:13; הכהנים Joel 1:9,13; Joel 2:17; Haggai 2:11,12,13; Zechariah 7:5; Malachi 1:6; Malachi 2:1; priests and prophets Zechariah 7:3; כהן Malachi 2:7.

8 the high priest: הַכֹּהֵן is frequently used (see

4) to designate the priest who was at the head of priestly affairs. The adjective הַגָּדוֺל first appears of Jehoiada 2 Kings 12:11, then of Hilkiah 2 Kings 22:4,8; 2 Kings 23:4; 2Chronicles 34:9; after the exile, of Joshua Haggai 1:1,12,14; Haggai 2:2,4; Zechariah 3:1,8; Zechariah 6:11, and Eliashib Nehemiah 3:1,20; Nehemiah 13:28. But P uses it of Aaron and his eldest descendants who are anointed with holy oil Leviticus 21:10 (H; הַגָּדוֺל מֵאֶחָיו ׳הכ), Numbers 35:25,28 (twice in verse); Joshua 20:6, and so הַמָּשִׁיחַ ׳הַכּ Leviticus 4:3,5,16; Leviticus 6:15, compare Leviticus 16:32. הָראֹשׁ ׳כ is used of Seraiah 2 Kings 25:18 = Jeremiah 52:24; and, in Chronicler, of Amariah 2Chronicles 19:11, Jehoiada 2 Chronicles 24:11, Azariah 2 Chronicles 26:20; 31:10; of Aaron, Ezra 7:5. (We also supposes הרואה in 2 Samuel 15:27 to be a corruption of הראשׁ, which he regards as post-exilic insertion. The test is corrupt [see DrSm. 1.c.]; but this correction is improbable. Lists of high priests occur 1 Chronicles 5:30-41; 1 Chronicles 6:35-38.) A priest of second rank ((ה)מִשְׁנֶה כֹּהֵן) appears in 2 Kings 23:4 (construct plural incorrect), 2 Kings 25:18 = Jeremiah 52:24; ׳זִקְנֵי הַכּ 2 Kings 19:2 = Isaiah 37:2; Jeremiah 19:1; ׳שָׂרֵי הַכּ2Chronicles 36:14; Ezra 8:24,29; Ezra 10:5; ׳רָאשֵׁי הַכּ Nehemiah 12:7.

[כָּהֵן] noun masculine priest (see Biblical Hebrew כהן); — emphatic כָּהֲנָא Ezra 7:12,21; plural emphatic נַיָּא- Ezra 6:9,16,18; Ezra 7:16,24; suffix (of Israel) נ֫וֺהִי- Ezra 7:13.



Strong's
chief ruler, own, priest, prince, principal officer

Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman) -- chief ruler, X own, priest, prince, principal officer.

see HEBREW kahan

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