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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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“Now as for you, bring near to yourself Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the sons of Israel, to minister H3547 as H3547 priests H3547 to Me—Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s sons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:3 - “You shall speak to all those [fn]wise at heart whom I have filled with [fn]the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron’s garments to set him apart as holy, in order for him to minister H3547 as H3547 priest H3547 to Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:4 - “These are the garments which they shall make: a [fn]breastpiece and an ephod and a robe and a tunic of checkered work, a turban and a sash, and they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons, in order for him to minister H3547 as H3547 priest H3547 to Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:41 - “You shall put them on Aaron your brother and on his sons with him; and you shall anoint them and [fn]ordain them and set them apart as holy, that they may minister H3547 to Me as H3547 priests H3547.

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“Now this is [fn]what you shall do to them to set them apart as holy to minister H3547 as H3547 priests H3547 to Me: take one bull from the herd and two rams without blemish,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:44 - “I will set the tent of meeting and the altar apart as holy; I will also set Aaron and his sons apart as holy to minister H3547 as H3547 priests H3547 to Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:30 - “And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and you shall set them apart as holy, that they may minister H3547 as H3547 priests H3547 to Me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:10 - the [fn]woven garments as well, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, with which to minister H3547 as H3547 priests H3547;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:19 - the [fn]woven garments for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, to minister H3547 as H3547 priests H3547.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:41

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:41 - the woven garments for ministering in the holy place and the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, to minister H3547 as H3547 priests H3547.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:13 - “You shall put the holy garments on Aaron and anoint him and set him apart as holy, that he may minister H3547 as H3547 a H3547 priest H3547 to Me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:15 - and you shall anoint them even as you have anointed their father, that they may minister H3547 as H3547 priests H3547 to Me; and their anointing will be for them for a perpetual priesthood throughout their generations.”

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‘This is [fn]the share for Aaron and [fn]the share for his sons from the offerings by fire to Yahweh, in that day when he brought them near to minister H3547 as H3547 priests H3547 to Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:32 - “So the priest who is anointed and [fn]ordained to minister H3547 as H3547 a H3547 priest H3547 in his father’s place shall make atonement: he shall thus put on the linen garments, the holy garments,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:3 - These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he [fn]ordained to minister H3547 as H3547 priests H3547.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:4 - But Nadab and Abihu died before Yahweh when they offered strange fire before Yahweh in the wilderness of Sinai; and they had no children. So Eleazar and Ithamar ministered H3547 as H3547 priests H3547 [fn]in the lifetime of their father Aaron.

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(Now the sons of Israel set out from [fn]Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah. There Aaron died, and there he was buried, and Eleazar his son ministered H3547 as H3547 priest H3547 in his place.

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and Johanan became the father of Azariah (it was he who ministered H3547 as H3547 the priest H3547 in the house which Solomon built in Jerusalem),

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:2 - But Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no [fn]sons. So Eleazar and Ithamar ministered H3547 as H3547 priests H3547.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:14 - For the Levites left their pasture lands and their possession of land and went to Judah and Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them from ministering H3547 as H3547 priests H3547 to Yahweh—

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I will rejoice greatly in Yahweh;

My soul will rejoice in my God,

For He has clothed me with garments of salvation,

He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness,

As a bridegroom decks H3547 himself with a headdress,

And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:13 - “And they shall not approach Me to minister H3547 as H3547 a H3547 priest H3547 to Me, nor approach any of My holy things, to the things that are most holy; but they will bear their dishonor and their abominations which they have done.

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My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.

Because you have rejected knowledge,

I also will reject you from ministering H3547 as H3547 My priest H3547.

Since you have forgotten the law of your God,

I Myself also will forget your children.

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