Kohathite
קְהָתִיStrong’s H6956qohati (qo-ha-ti)
Appears in 15 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Qohati is the Hebrew word usually translated “kohathite” and “kohathites”. It appears in 15 verses of the Old Testament.
“And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.”
Meaning
- Someone descended from Kohath who was a man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.11
How it's translated
- the kohathite 12
- the kohathites 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Numbers 7
- 1 Chronicles 3
- 2 Chronicles 3
- Joshua 2
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Numbers 3:30And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel.
- Numbers 4:18Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites:
- Numbers 4:34And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house of their fathers,
- Numbers 4:37These were they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
- Numbers 10:21And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other did set up the tabernacle against they came.
- Numbers 26:57And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
Hebrew dictionary
קְהָתִי qohati · Kohathite
Someone descended from Kohath who was a man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.11; son of: Levi (H3878); brother of: Gershon (H1648), Merari (H4847) and Jochebed (H3115); father of: Amram (H6019), Izhar (H3324), Hebron (H2275B) and Uzziel (H5816) Group of qe.hat (קְהָת "Kohath" H6955) § Kohathites, of Kohath "assembly" the descendants of Kohath, the 2nd son of Levi
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.