כָּהֵן
ka.hen
“priest”
Definition
{one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)}
(Aramaic) corresponding to H3548 (כֹּהֵן)
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
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Occurrences
כָּהֵן appears 8 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Whatever is needed—young bulls, rams, and lambs for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, as well as wheat, salt, wine, and oil, as requested by the priests in Jerusalem—must be given to them daily without fail.
Then the people of Israel—the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles—celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy.
They also appointed the priests by their divisions and the Levites by their groups to the service of God in Jerusalem, according to what is written in the Book of Moses.
Artaxerxes, king of kings.To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven:Greetings.
I hereby decree that any volunteers among the Israelites in my kingdom, including the priests and Levites, may go up with you to Jerusalem.
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