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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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 fasten caps on them. Then tie sashes on Aaron and his sons.[fn] The priesthood is theirs by a lasting ordinance. “Then you shall ordain Aaron and his sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 40:15 - Anoint them just as you anointed their father, so they may serve me as priests. Their anointing will be to a priesthood that will continue throughout their generations.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:10 - Appoint Aaron and his sons to serve as priests; anyone else who approaches the sanctuary is to be put to death.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 16:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:10 - He has brought you and all your fellow Levites near himself, but now you are trying to get the priesthood too.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:1 - The LORD said to Aaron, “You, your sons and your family are to bear the responsibility for offenses connected with the sanctuary, and you and your sons alone are to bear the responsibility for offenses connected with the priesthood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:7 - But only you and your sons may serve as priests in connection with everything at the altar and inside the curtain. I am giving you the service of the priesthood as a gift. Anyone else who comes near the sanctuary is to be put to death.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 25:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:13 - He and his descendants will have a covenant of a lasting priesthood, because he was zealous for the honor of his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:7 - The Levites, however, do not get a portion among you, because the priestly service of the LORD is their inheritance. And Gad, Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received their inheritance on the east side of the Jordan. Moses the servant of the LORD gave it to them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:36 - Then everyone left in your family line will come and bow down before him for a piece of silver and a loaf of bread and plead, “Appoint me to some priestly office so I can have food to eat.” ’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:62

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:62 - These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:64

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:64 - These searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:29 - Remember them, my God, because they defiled the priestly office and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.
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