כָּהַן kahan

Hebrew word for “to minister” · Strong’s H3547 · used 23 times in 23 verses

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Meaning

1) to act as a priest, minister in a priest's office;

How it is translated

Glosses given for kahan in context, with how often each is used:

• serve as priests 9
• serve as priest he 3
• will serve as priests 2
• served as priest 2
• will serve as a priest 1
• serve as priest 1
• served as a priest 1
• served as priests 1
• serving as priests 1
• who he acts like a priest 1
• serving as a priest 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 28 (4), Exodus 29 (2), Exodus 40 (2), Numbers 3 (2), Exodus 30 (1), Exodus 31 (1), Exodus 35 (1), Exodus 39 (1), Leviticus 7 (1), Leviticus 16 (1)

Forms

• לכהן 10
• לכהנו 3
• וכהנו 2
• ויכהן 2
• מכהן 2
• וכהן 1
• כהן 1
• ויכהנו 1
• יכהן 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with kahan more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אַהֲרֹן aharon “Aaron” 14
• בֶּגֶד beged “garment” 8
• נִי ni “me” 11
• מָשַׁח mashach “to anoint” 6
• קָדַשׁ qadash “to consecrate” 6
• קֹדֶשׁ qodesh “holiness” 7
• שְׂרָד serad “braiding” 3
• אֶלְעָזָר elazar “Eleazar” 4
• אֲבִיהוּא avihu “Abihu” 3
• לָבֵשׁ lavash “to clothe” 4
• אִיתָמָר itamar “Ithamar” 3
• נָדָב nadav “Nadab” 3

Key verses

The verses using kahan that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 28:1 — And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office, even…
• Exodus 28:3 — And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s garments to consecrate him, that…
• Exodus 28:4 — And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make…
• Exodus 28:41 — And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister…
• Exodus 29:1 — And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest’s office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without…
• Exodus 40:13 — And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.
• Exodus 40:15 — And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office: for their anointing shall surely be an…
• Leviticus 7:35 — This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons, out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, in the day when he presented…
• Numbers 3:3 — These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest’s office.
• 2 Chronicles 11:14 — For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the…
• Isaiah 61:10 — I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe…
• Hosea 4:6 — My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.