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HebrewH3547Verb

כָּהַן

ka.han

22Occurrences
H3547Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to officiate as a priest; figuratively, to put on regalia

a primitive root, apparently meaning to mediate in religious services; but used only as denominative from H3548 (כֹּהֵן);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. to act as a priest, minister in a priest's office 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to minister as a priest, serve as a priest 1a2) to be or become a priest 1a3) to play the priest

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

כָּהַן appears 22 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Exodus
12
Leviticus
2
Numbers
2
1 Chronicles
1
2 Chronicles
1
Deuteronomy
1
Ezk
1
Hosea
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 24:2BSB

But Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, and they had no sons; so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.

Exodus 28:3BSB

You are to instruct all the skilled craftsmen, whom I have filled with a spirit of wisdom, to make garments for Aaron’s consecration, so that he may serve Me as priest.

Exodus 29:44BSB

So I will consecrate the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and I will consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve Me as priests.

Exodus 39:41BSB

and the woven garments for ministering in the sanctuary, both the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests.

Hosea 4:6BSB

My people are destroyedfor lack of knowledge.Because you have rejected knowledge,I will also reject you as My priests.Since you have forgotten the law of your God,I will also forget your children.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.