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Lexicon :: Strong's H3550 - kᵊhunnâ

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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 Box Exo 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:9 - “And you shall wrap them with sashes, Aaron and his sons, and put the [ornamental] caps on them; and the priest’s office shall be theirs by a perpetual statute. So you shall ordain Aaron and his sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:15 - you shall anoint them just as you anointed their father, so that they may serve as priests to Me; and their anointing shall qualify them for an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:10 - “So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall observe and attend to their priesthood; but the layman (non-Levite) who approaches [the holy things] shall be put to death.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:10 - and that He has brought you near [to Him], Korah and all your brothers, sons of Levi with you? Would you seek the priesthood also?

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:1 -

So the LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your father’s household (family) with you shall bear the guilt in connection with the sanctuary [that is, through your service as priests you will atone for the offenses which the people unknowingly commit when brought into contact with the manifestations of God’s presence]; and you and your sons with you shall bear the guilt in connection with your priesthood [that is, your own unintentional offenses].

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:7 - “Therefore you and your sons with you shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar [of burnt offering and the altar of incense] and [of the Holy of Holies] within the veil, and you are to serve. I am giving you the priesthood as a bestowed service, but the stranger (outsider, layman) who approaches shall be put to death.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 25:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:13 - ‘And it shall be for him and his descendants after him, a covenant of an everlasting priesthood, because he was jealous (impassioned) for [the unique honor and respect owed to] his God and made [fn]atonement for the sons of Israel.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:7 - “But the Levites have no portion among you, because the priesthood of the LORD is [fn]their inheritance. Gad and Reuben and half the tribe of Manasseh also have received their inheritance eastward beyond the Jordan, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:36 - ‘And it will happen that everyone who is left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread and say, “Please assign me to one of the priest’s offices so I may eat a piece of bread.”’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:62

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:62 - These searched [for their names] among those registered in the genealogies, but they were not found; so they were excluded from the priesthood as [ceremonially] unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:64

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:64 - These men searched for their ancestral registration among those recorded in the genealogies, but it was not located; so they were excluded from the priesthood as [ceremonially] unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:29 - O my God, remember them, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.
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