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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
Dictionary Aids

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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“Then bring H7126 forward H7126 to yourself your brother H251 Aaron H175, and his sons H1121 with him, from among H8432 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, to serve H3547 as H3547 priest H3547 to Me—Aaron H175, Nadab H5070 and Abihu H30, Eleazar H499 and Ithamar H385, Aaron’s H175 sons H1121.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:41 - “Then you shall put H3847 them on H3847 Aaron H175 your brother H251 and on his sons H1121 with him; and you shall anoint H4886 them and [fn]ordain H4390 H3027 them and consecrate H6942 them, so that they may serve H3547 Me as H3547 priests H3547.

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“Now this H2088 is [fn]what H1697 H834 you shall do H6213 to them to consecrate H6942 them to serve H3547 as H3547 priests H3547 to Me: take H3947 one H259 bull H6499 H1121 H1241 and two H8147 rams H352 without H8549 blemish H8549,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:19 - the [fn]woven H8278 garments H899 for ministering H8334 in the Holy H6944 Place H6944, the holy H6944 garments H899 for Aaron H175 the priest H3548 and the garments H899 of his sons H1121, to serve H3547 as H3547 priests H3547.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:41 - the woven H8278 garments H899 for ministering H8334 in the Holy H6944 Place H6944, and the holy H6944 garments H899 for Aaron H175 the priest H3548 and the garments H899 of his sons H1121, to serve H3547 as H3547 priests H3547.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:13 - “And you shall put H3847 the holy H6944 garments H899 on H3847 Aaron H175 and anoint H4886 him and consecrate H6942 him, so that he may serve H3547 as H3547 a H3547 priest H3547 to Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:15 - and you shall anoint H4886 them just H834 as H834 you have anointed H4886 their father H1, so that they may serve H3547 as H3547 priests H3547 to Me; and their anointing H4888 will [fn]qualify H1961 them for a permanent H5769 priesthood H3550 throughout their generations H1755.”

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‘This H2088 is the allotment H4888 to Aaron H175 and the allotment H4888 to his sons H1121 from the offerings H801 by H801 fire H801 to the LORD H3068, on that day H3117 when he presented H7126 them to serve H3547 as H3547 priests H3547 to the LORD H3068.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:3 - These H428 are the names H8034 of the sons H1121 of Aaron H175, the anointed H4886 priests H3548, whom H834 he [fn]ordained H4390 H3027 to serve H3547 as H3547 priests H3547.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:4 - But Nadab H5070 and Abihu H30 died H4191 in the presence H6440 of the LORD H3068 when they offered H7126 [fn]strange H2114 fire H784 before H6440 the LORD H3068 in the wilderness H4057 of Sinai H5514; and they had H1961 no H3808 children H1121. So Eleazar H499 and Ithamar H385 served H3547 as H3547 priests H3547 [fn]in the lifetime H6440 of their father H1 Aaron H175.

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(Now the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 set H5265 out H5265 from [fn]Beeroth H885 Bene-jaakan H885 to Moserah H4149. There H8033 Aaron H175 died H4191 and there H8033 he was buried H6912, and his son H1121 Eleazar H499 served H3547 as H3547 priest H3547 in H8478 his place H8478.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:10 - Johanan H3076 fathered H3205 Azariah H5838 (it was he who H834 served H3547 as H3547 the priest H3547 in the house H1004 which H834 Solomon H8010 built H1129 in Jerusalem H3389),

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:14 - For the Levites H3881 left H5800 their pasture H4054 lands H4054 and their property H272 and went H1980 to Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389, because Jeroboam H3379 and his sons H1121 had excluded H2186 them from serving H3547 as H3547 priests H3547 to the LORD H3068.

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I will rejoice H7797 greatly H7797 in the LORD H3068,

My soul H5315 will be H1523 joyful H1523 in my God H430;

For He has clothed H3847 me with garments H899 of salvation H3468,

He has wrapped H5844 me with a robe H4598 of righteousness H6666,

As a groom H2860 puts H3547 on H3547 a turban H6287,

And as a bride H3618 adorns H5710 herself with her jewels H3627.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:13 - “And they shall not approach H5066 Me to serve H3547 as H3547 priests H3547 for Me, nor H3808 approach H5066 any H3605 of My holy H6944 things H6944, to the things H6944 that are most H6944 holy H6944; but they will bear H5375 their shame H3639 and their abominations H8441 which H834 they have committed H6213.

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My people H5971 are destroyed H1820 for lack H369 of knowledge H1847.

Since H3588 you have rejected H3988 knowledge H1847,

I also will reject H3988 you from being H3547 My priest H3547.

Since you have forgotten H7911 the Law H8451 of your God H430,

I also H1571 will forget H7911 your children H1121.

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