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HebrewH6955Proper Noun (Masculine)

קְהָת

qe.hat

20Occurrences
H6955Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Kehath, an Israelite

from an unused root meaning to ally oneself; allied;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at ; son of: Levi (H3878); brother of: Gershon (H1648), Merari (H4847) and Jochebed (H3115); father of: Amram (H6019), Izhar (H3324), Hebron (H2275B) and Uzziel (H5816) Also named: qo.ha.ti (*קְהָתִי *"Kohathite" H6956) § Kohath = "assembly" the 2nd of the 3 sons of Levi and progenitor of a family in the tribe of Levi

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

קְהָת appears 20 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Numbers
11
1 Chronicles
3
Joshua
3
Exodus
2
Genesis
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 15:5BSB

From the Kohathites, Uriel the chief and 120 of his relatives;

Exodus 6:18BSB

The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. Kohath lived 133 years.

Joshua 21:26BSB

In all, ten cities, together with their pasturelands, were given to the rest of the Kohathite clans.

Numbers 3:17BSB

These were the sons of Levi by name: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

Numbers 4:2BSB

“Take a census of the Kohathites among the Levites by their clans and families,

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