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Lexicon :: Strong's H3547 - kāhan

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כָּהַן
Transliteration
kāhan
Pronunciation
kaw-han'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root, apparently meaning to mediate in religious services
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TWOT Reference: 959

Strong’s Definitions

כָּהַן kâhan, kaw-han'; a primitive root, apparently meaning to mediate in religious services; but used only as denominative from H3548; to officiate as a priest; figuratively, to put on regalia:—deck, be (do the office of a, execute the, minister in the) priest('s office).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's H3547 in the following manner: priest's office (20x), decketh (1x), office of a priest (1x), priest (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's H3547 in the following manner: priest's office (20x), decketh (1x), office of a priest (1x), priest (1x).

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

    1. (Piel)

      1. to minister as a priest, serve as a priest

      2. to be or become a priest

      3. to play the priest

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כָּהַן kâhan, kaw-han'; a primitive root, apparently meaning to mediate in religious services; but used only as denominative from H3548; to officiate as a priest; figuratively, to put on regalia:—deck, be (do the office of a, execute the, minister in the) priest('s office).
STRONGS H3547: Abbreviations
† II. [כָּהַן] verb only
Pi. denominative act as priest; — Perfect כִּהֵן Exodus 40:13; 1 Chronicles 5:36 [1 Chronicles 6:10]; 3rd person masculine plural כִּהֲנוּ Exodus 28:41; Exodus 40:15; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְכַהֵן Numbers 3:4 + 2 times; plural יְכַהֲנוּ 1 Chronicles 24:2; Infinitive construct כַּהֵן Exodus 29:1 + 11 times; suffix כַּהֲנוֺ Exodus 28:1, 3, 4. —
1. minister as a priest, absolute Exodus 31:10; Exodus 35:19; Exodus 39:41; Leviticus 16:32; Numbers 3:3, 4 (all P); לִי כ׳ minister to me (י׳) Exodus 28:1, 3, 4, 41; Exodus 29:1, 44; Exodus 30:30; Exodus 40:13, 15 (all P), Ezekiel 44:13; Hosea 4:6; ליהוה כ׳ Leviticus 7:35 (P), 1 Chronicles 5:36 [1 Chronicles 6:10]; 1 Chronicles 24:2; 2 Chronicles 11:14 (always of Aaron and his sons, except Ezekiel 44:13; 2 Chronicles 11:14, where Levites are forbidden to minister; and Hosea 4:6 of Israel, whose national priesthood is taken away).
2. be or become priest Deuteronomy 10:6 (E ?).
3. play the priest: פְּאֵר יְכַהֵן כֶּחָתָן Isaiah 61:10 as a bridegroom (that) priests it with his turban, decks himself with a splendid turban such as the priests wore.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

28:1; 28:1; 28:3; 28:3; 28:4; 28:4; 28:41; 28:41; 29:1; 29:1; 29:44; 30:30; 31:10; 35:19; 39:41; 40:13; 40:13; 40:15; 40:15

Leviticus

7:35; 16:32

Numbers

3:3; 3:4; 3:4

Deuteronomy

10:6

1 Chronicles

6:10; 6:10; 24:2; 24:2

2 Chronicles

11:14; 11:14

Isaiah

61:10

Ezekiel

44:13; 44:13

Hosea

4:6; 4:6

H3547

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Strong's Number H3547 matches the Hebrew כָּהַן (kāhan),
which occurs 23 times in 23 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:1 - “Then bring near to you Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the people of Israel, to serve me as priests—Aaron and Aaron’s sons, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:3 - You shall speak to all the skillful, whom I have filled with a spirit of skill, that they make Aaron’s garments to consecrate him for my priesthood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:4 - These are the garments that they shall make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a coat of checker work, a turban, and a sash. They shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons to serve me as priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:41

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:41 - And you shall put them on Aaron your brother, and on his sons with him, and shall anoint them and ordain them and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:1 - “Now this is what you shall do to them to consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests. Take one bull of the herd and two rams without blemish,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:44

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:44 - I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar. Aaron also and his sons I will consecrate to serve me as priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 30:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:30 - You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may serve me as priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:10 - and the finely worked garments,[fn] the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, for their service as priests,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:19 - the finely worked garments for ministering[fn] in the Holy Place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, for their service as priests.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:41

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:41 - the finely worked garments for ministering in the Holy Place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons for their service as priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:13 - and put on Aaron the holy garments. And you shall anoint him and consecrate him, that he may serve me as priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:15 - and anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may serve me as priests. And their anointing shall admit them to a perpetual priesthood throughout their generations.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 7:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:35 - This is the portion of Aaron and of his sons from the LORD’s food offerings, from the day they were presented to serve as priests of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 16:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:32 - And the priest who is anointed and consecrated as priest in his father’s place shall make atonement, wearing the holy linen garments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:3 - These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he ordained to serve as priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:4 - But Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests in the lifetime of Aaron their father.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:6 - (The people of Israel journeyed from Beeroth Bene-jaakan[fn] to Moserah. There Aaron died, and there he was buried. And his son Eleazar ministered as priest in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:10 - and Johanan fathered Azariah (it was he who served as priest in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem).

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 24:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:2 - But Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no children, so Eleazar and Ithamar became the priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:14 - For the Levites left their common lands and their holdings and came to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons cast them out from serving as priests of the LORD,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 61:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:10 - I will greatly rejoice in the LORD;
my soul shall exult in my God,
for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation;
he has covered me with the robe of righteousness,
as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress,
and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:13 - They shall not come near to me, to serve me as priest, nor come near any of my holy things and the things that are most holy, but they shall bear their shame and the abominations that they have committed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hos 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:6 - My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge;
because you have rejected knowledge,
I reject you from being a priest to me.
And since you have forgotten the law of your God,
I also will forget your children.
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