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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 BoxExo 28:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:1 - And do thou take to thyself both Aaron thy brother, and his sons, even them of the children of Israel; so that Aaron, and Nadab and Abiud, and Eleazar and Ithamar, sons of Aaron, may minister to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:3 - And speak thou to all those who are wise in understanding, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom and perception; and they shall make the holy apparel of Aaron for the sanctuary, in which apparel he shall minister to me as priest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:4 - And these are the garments which they shall make: the breast-plate, and the shoulder-piece, and the full-length robe, and the tunic with a fringe, and the tire, and the girdle; and they shall make holy garments for Aaron and his sons to minister to me as priests.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:41

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:41 - And thou shalt put them on Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, and thou shalt anoint them and [fn]fill their hands: and thou shalt sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest's office.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:1 - And these are the things which thou shalt do to them: thou shalt sanctify them, so that they shall serve me in the priesthood; and thou shalt take one young calf from the herd, and two unblemished rams;

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:44

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:44 - And I will sanctify the tabernacle of testimony and the altar, and I will sanctify Aaron and his sons, to minister as priests to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:30 - And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and sanctify them that they may minister to me as priests.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:10 - and Aaron's robes of ministry, and the robes of his sons to minister to me as priests,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:19 - and the holy garments of Aaron the priest, and the garments in which they shall do service; and the garments of priesthood for the sons of Aaron and the anointing oil, and the compound incense.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:41

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:41 - (LXX 39:18) and the table of shewbread, and all its furniture, and the shewbread upon it,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:13 - And thou shalt put on Aaron the holy garments, and thou shalt anoint him, and thou shalt sanctify him, and he shall minister to me as priest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:15 - And thou shalt anoint them as thou didst anoint their father, and they shall minister to me as priests; and it shall be that they shall have an [fn]everlasting anointing of priesthood, throughout their generations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:35 - This is the anointing of Aaron, and the anointing of his sons, their portion of the burnt-offerings of the Lord, in the day in which he brought them forward to minister as priests to the Lord;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:32

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:32 - The priest whomsoever they shall anoint shall make atonement, and whomsoever they shall consecrate to exercise the priestly office after his father; and he shall put on the linen robe, the holy garment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:3 - These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests whom they [fn]consecrated to the priesthood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:4 - And Nadab and Abiud died before the Lord, when they offered strange fire before the Lord, in the wilderness of Sina; and they had no children; and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priests' office with Aaron their father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:6 - And the children of Israel departed from Beeroth of the sons of Jakim to Misadai: there Aaron died, and there he was buried, and Eleazar his son was priest in his stead.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:10 - (LXX 5:36) and Joanan begot Azarias: he ministered as priest in the house which Solomon built in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:2 - And Nadab and Abiud died before their father, and they had no sons: so Eleazar and Ithamar the sons of Aaron ministered as priests.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:14 - For the Levites left the tents of their possession, and went to Juda to Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had ejected them so that they should not minister to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 61:10 - and they shall greatly rejoice in the Lord. Let my soul rejoice in the Lord; for he has clothed me with the robe of salvation, and the garment of joy: he has put a mitre on me as on a bridegroom, and adorned me with ornaments as a bride.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:13 - And they shall not draw nigh to me to minister to me in the priests' office, nor to approach the holy things of the children of Israel, nor to approach my holy of holies: but they shall bear their reproach for the error wherein they erred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:6 - My people are like as if they had no knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt not minister as priest to me: and as thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.
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