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Lexicon :: Strong's H3547 - kāhan

Aa
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 BoxExo 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:1 - Now let Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, come near from among the children of Israel, so that they may be my priests, even Aaron, and Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, his sons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:3 - Give orders to all the wise-hearted workmen, whom I have made full of the spirit of wisdom, to make robes for Aaron, so that he may be made holy as my priest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:4 - This is what they are to make: a priest's bag, an ephod, and a robe, and a coat of coloured needlework, a head-dress, and a linen band; they are to make holy robes for Aaron your brother and for his sons, so that they may do the work of priests for me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:41

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:41 - These you are to put on Aaron, your brother, and on his sons, putting oil on them, separating them and making them holy, to do the work of priests to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:1 - This is what you are to do to make them holy, to do the work of priests to me: Take one young ox and two male sheep, without any mark on them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:44

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:44 - I will make holy the Tent of meeting and the altar: and Aaron and his sons I will make holy, to be my priests

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:30 - And put the oil on Aaron and his sons, making them holy to do the work of priests to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:10 - And the robes of needlework, the holy robes for Aaron and for his sons, for their use when acting as priests,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:19 - The robes of needlework for the work of the holy place, the holy robes for Aaron the priest, and the robes for his sons when acting as priests.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:41

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:41 - The robes for use in the holy place, and the holy robes for Aaron and his sons when acting as priests.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:13 - You are to put on Aaron the holy robes; and you are to put oil on him, and make him holy, so that he may be my priest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:15 - And put oil on them as you did on their father, so that they may be my priests: the putting on of oil will make them priests for ever, from generation to generation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:35 - This is the holy part given to Aaron and to his sons, out of the offerings made to the Lord by fire, on the day when they were made priests before the Lord;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:32 - And the man on whose head the holy oil has been put, and who has been marked out to be a priest in his father's place, will do what is necessary to take away sin, and will put on the linen clothing, even the holy robes:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:3 - These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests, on whom the holy oil was put, who were marked out as priests.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:4 - And Nadab and Abihu were put to death before the Lord when they made an offering of strange fire before the Lord, in the waste land of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar did the work of priests before Aaron their father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:6 - (And the children of Israel went on from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah: there death came to Aaron and he was put to rest in the earth; and Eleazar, his son, took his place as priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:10 - And Johanan was the father of Azariah, (he was priest in the house which Solomon put up in Jerusalem:)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:2 - But Nadab and Abihu came to their end before their father, and had no children; so Eleazar and Ithamar did the work of priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:14 - For the Levites gave up their living-places and their property, and came to Judah and Jerusalem; for Jeroboam and his sons had sent them away, not letting them be priests to the Lord;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:10 - I will be full of joy in the Lord, my soul will be glad in my God; for he has put on me the clothing of salvation, covering me with the robe of righteousness, as the husband puts on a fair head-dress, and the bride makes herself beautiful with jewels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:13 - And they will not come near me to do the work of priests to me, or come near any of my holy things, or the things which are most holy: but their shame will be on them, and the punishment for the disgusting things which they have done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:6 - Destruction has overtaken my people because they have no knowledge; because you have given up knowledge, I will give you up, so that you will be no priest to me, because you have not kept in mind the law of your God, I will not keep your children in my memory.
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