Priest
כָּהֵןStrong’s H3549kahen (ka-hen)
Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Kahen is the Aramaic word usually translated “priests the”, “priest the” and “priests its”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
“And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail:”
Meaning
- Priest
How it's translated
- priests the 4
- priest the 2
- and priests its 1
- and priests the 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 8
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Ezra 6:16And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy,
- Ezra 6:18And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses.
- Ezra 7:12Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time.
- Ezra 7:13I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.
- Ezra 7:16And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem:
- Ezra 7:21And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,
Aramaic dictionary
כָּהֵן kahen · priest
priest Aramaic of ko.hen (כֹּהֵן "priest" H3548)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “priest” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PRIEST, noun
[Latin proestes, a chief, one that presides; proe, before, and sto, to stand, or sisto.]
- A man who officiates in sacred offices.“Every priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins” Hebrews 5:1
- In the modern church, a person who is set apart or consecrated to the ministry of the gospel; a man in orders or licensed to preach the gospel; a presbyter.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.