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Lexicon :: Strong's H3550 - kᵊhunnâ

Aa
כְּהֻנָּה
Transliteration
kᵊhunnâ
Pronunciation
keh-hoon-naw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 959b

Strong’s Definitions

כְּהֻנָּה kᵉhunnâh, keh-hoon-naw'; from H3547; priesthood:—priesthood, priest's office.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x

The KJV translates Strong's H3550 in the following manner: priesthood (9x), priest's office (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 14x
The KJV translates Strong's H3550 in the following manner: priesthood (9x), priest's office (5x).

  1. priesthood

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
כְּהֻנָּה kᵉhunnâh, keh-hoon-naw'; from H3547; priesthood:—priesthood, priest's office.
STRONGS H3550: Abbreviations
כְּהֻנָּה noun feminine priesthood; — absolute כ׳ Exodus 29:9 5 times; construct כְּהֻנַּת Numbers 25:13 2 times; suffix כְּהֻנַּתְכֶם Numbers 18:1,7 (twice in verse); כְּהֻנָּתָם Numbers 3:10; plural כְּהֻנּוֺת 1 Samuel 2:36. — כהנת יהוה priesthood of י׳, the portion of the Levites Joshua 18:7 (D); plural priest's offices 1 Samuel 2:36; elsewhere Exodus 29:9; Exodus 40:15; Numbers 3:10; Numbers 16:10; Numbers 18:1,7 (twice in verse); Numbers 25:13 (all P), Ezra 2:62 = Nehemiah 7:64; Nehemiah 13:29 (twice in verse).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

29:9; 29:9; 40:15

Numbers

3:10; 3:10; 16:10; 18:1; 18:1; 18:7; 18:7; 25:13; 25:13

Joshua

18:7

1 Samuel

2:36; 2:36

Ezra

2:62

Nehemiah

7:64; 13:29

H3550

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3550 matches the Hebrew כְּהֻנָּה (kᵊhunnâ),
which occurs 14 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:9 - “And you shall wrap H2296 their waists H2296 with sashes H73, Aaron H175 and his sons H1121, and fit H2280 [fn]caps H4021 on them, and they shall have H1961 the priesthood H3550 by a permanent H5769 statute H2708. So you shall [fn]ordain H4390 H3027 Aaron H175 and his sons H1121.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:15

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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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:10 - “So you shall appoint H6485 Aaron H175 and his sons H1121 that they may [fn]keep H8104 their priesthood H3550, but the [fn]layman H2114 who comes H7131 near H7131 shall be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:10 - and that He has brought H7126 you near H7126, Korah, and all H3605 your brothers H251, sons H1121 of Levi H3878, with you? But are you seeking H1245 the priesthood H3550 as H1571 well H1571?

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So the LORD H3068 said H559 to Aaron H175, “You, your sons H1121, and your father’s H1 household H1004 with you shall bear H5375 the guilt H5771 [fn]in connection with the sanctuary H4720, and you and your sons H1121 with you shall bear H5375 the guilt H5771 [fn]in connection with your priesthood H3550.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:7 - “But you and your sons H1121 with you shall attend H8104 to your priesthood H3550 for everything H3605 that concerns H1697 the altar H4196 and inside H4480 H1004 the veil H6532, and you are to perform H5647 service H5656. I am giving H5414 you the priesthood H3550 as a [fn]service H5656 that is a gift H4979, and the [fn]unauthorized H2114 person H2114 who comes H7131 near H7131 shall be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:13 - and it shall be for him and for his [fn]descendants H2233 after H310 him, a covenant H1285 of a permanent H5769 priesthood H3550, because H834 H8478 he was H7065 [fn]jealous H7065 for his God H430 and made H3722 atonement H3722 for the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:7 - “For the Levites H3881 have H369 no H369 portion H2506 among H7130 you, because H3588 the priesthood H3550 of the LORD H3068 is [fn]their inheritance H5159. Gad H1410, Reuben H7205, and the half-tribe H2677 H7626 of Manasseh H4519 also have received H3947 their inheritance H5159 eastward H4217 beyond H4480 H5676 the Jordan H3383, which H834 Moses H4872 the servant H5650 of the LORD H3068 gave H5414 them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:36 - ‘And everyone H3605 who is left H3498 in your house H1004 will come H935 to bow H2331 down H2331 to him for a [fn]silver H3701 coin H95 or a loaf H3603 of bread H3899 and say H559, “Please H4994 [fn]assign H5596 me to one H259 of the priest’s H3550 offices H3550 so that I may eat H398 a piece H6595 of bread H3899.”’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:62

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:62 - These H428 searched H1245 among their genealogical H3187 registration H3791 H3187 but they could not be located H4672; so they were considered defiled H1351 and excluded from the priesthood H3550.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:64

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:64 - These H428 searched H1245 among their ancestral H3187 registration H3791 H3187, but it could not be located H4672; therefore they were considered unclean H1351 and disqualified from the priesthood H3550.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:29 - Remember H2142 them, my God H430, [fn]because H5921 they have defiled H1352 the priesthood H3550 and the covenant H1285 of the priesthood H3550 and the Levites H3881.
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