כֹּהֵן kohen

Hebrew word for “priest” · Strong’s H3548 · used 750 times in 653 verses

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Meaning

1) priest, principal officer or chief ruler;

How it is translated

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

• priest 439
• priests 304
• among the priests 3
• belonged to the priests 1
• belonged to the priest 1
• more than the priests 1
• among priests 1

Where it is used

Also in 17 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Leviticus 13 (40), Leviticus 14 (29), Leviticus 4 (14), Numbers 5 (13), 1 Kings 1 (12), Numbers 31 (10), Leviticus 1 (9), Leviticus 7 (9), Judges 18 (9), 2 Kings 12 (9)

Forms

• הכהן 355
• הכהנים 182
• כהן 44
• והכהנים 28
• כהנים 24
• לכהן 24
• לכהנים 23
• כהני 14
• והכהן 7
• בכהנים 5

Words used with it

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

• לֵוִי leviyyi “Levi” 101
• מִזְבֵּחַ mizbeach “altar” 59
• אֶלְעָזָר elazar “Eleazar” 38
• נָבִיא navi “prophet” 45
• נֶגַע nega “plague” 33
• קֹדֶשׁ qodesh “holiness” 47
• עָמַד amad “to stand” 49
• אַהֲרֹן aharon “Aaron” 44
• מִן־ min “from” 59
• צָדוֹק tsadoq “Zadok” 29
• לָקַח laqach “to take” 53
• אֲרוֹן aron “ark” 34

Key verses

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

• Ezra 9:1 — Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the…
• Nehemiah 9:32 — Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath…
• Isaiah 28:7 — But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are…
• Jeremiah 5:31 — The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
• Jeremiah 6:13 — For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth…
• Jeremiah 8:10 — Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to…
• Jeremiah 18:18 — Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from…
• Joel 2:17 — Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to…
• Micah 3:11 — The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and…
• Zechariah 3:1 — And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.
• Malachi 1:6 — A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of…
• Malachi 2:7 — For the priest’s lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts.

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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.