כֹּהֵן
ko.henpriestHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine750 occurrences29 books653 verses
Definition
active participle of H3547; literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
Traditional renderings: chief ruler, × own, priest, prince, principal officer.
Traditional renderings: chief ruler, × own, priest, prince, principal officer.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders כֹּהֵן:
- ἱερεύςhiereus“priest”98%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
750 total
- Leviticus 4:35הַכֹּהֵ֛ן · In this way the priestAnd he shall remove all the fat, just as the fat of the lamb is removed from the peace offerings, and he shall burn it on the altar along with the food offerings to the LORD. In this way the priest will make atonement for him for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven.
- Leviticus 5:6הַכֹּהֵ֖ן · And the priest…and he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD for the sin he has committed: a female lamb or goat from the flock as a sin offering. And the priest will make atonement for him concerning his sin.
- Leviticus 5:8הַכֹּהֵ֔ן · the priestHe is to bring them to the priest, who shall first present the one for the sin offering. He is to twist its head at the front of its neck without severing it;
- Leviticus 5:10הַכֹּהֵ֛ן · In this way the priestAnd the priest must prepare the second bird as a burnt offering according to the ordinance. In this way the priest will make atonement for him for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven.
- Leviticus 5:12הַכֹּהֵן֒ · the priest; הַכֹּהֵ֣ן׀He is to bring it to the priest, who shall take a handful from it as a memorial portion and burn it on the altar atop the food offerings to the LORD; it is a sin offering.
- Leviticus 5:13הַכֹּהֵ֜ן · In this way the priest; לַכֹּהֵ֖ן · the priestIn this way the priest will make atonement for him for any of these sins he has committed, and he will be forgiven. The remainder will belong to the priest, like the grain offering.”
- Leviticus 5:16לַכֹּהֵ֑ן · it to the priest; וְהַכֹּהֵ֗ן · [who]Regarding any holy thing he has harmed, he must make restitution by adding a fifth of its value to it and giving it to the priest, who will make atonement on his behalf with the ram as a guilt offering, and he will be forgiven.
- Leviticus 5:18הַכֹּהֵ֑ן · the priest; הַכֹּהֵ֜ן · Then the priestHe is to bring to the priest an unblemished ram of proper value from the flock as a guilt offering. Then the priest will make atonement on his behalf for the wrong he has committed in ignorance, and he will be forgiven.
- Leviticus 6:6הַכֹּהֵֽן׃ · the priestThen he must bring to the priest his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram of proper value from the flock.
- Leviticus 6:7הַכֹּהֵ֛ן · In this way the priestIn this way the priest will make atonement for him before the LORD, and he will be forgiven for anything he may have done to incur guilt.”
- Leviticus 6:10הַכֹּהֵ֜ן · And the priestAnd the priest shall put on his linen robe and linen undergarments, and he shall remove from the altar the ashes of the burnt offering that the fire has consumed and place them beside it.
- Leviticus 6:12הַכֹּהֵ֛ן · the priestThe fire on the altar shall be kept burning; it must not be extinguished. Every morning the priest is to add wood to the fire, arrange the burnt offering on it, and burn the fat portions of the peace offerings on it.
- Leviticus 6:22וְהַכֹּהֵ֨ן · The priestThe priest, who is one of Aaron’s sons and will be anointed to take his place, is to prepare it. As a permanent portion for the LORD, it must be burned completely.
- Leviticus 6:23כֹּהֵ֛ן · for a priestEvery grain offering for a priest shall be burned completely; it is not to be eaten.”
- Leviticus 6:26הַכֹּהֵ֛ן · The priestThe priest who offers it shall eat it; it must be eaten in a holy place, in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.
- Leviticus 6:29בַּכֹּהֲנִ֖ים · among the priestsAny male among the priests may eat it; it is most holy.
- Leviticus 7:5הַכֹּהֵן֙ · The priestThe priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering to the LORD; it is a guilt offering.
- Leviticus 7:6בַּכֹּהֲנִ֖ים · among the priestsEvery male among the priests may eat of it. It must be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy.
- Leviticus 7:7הַכֹּהֵ֛ן · the priestThe guilt offering is like the sin offering; the same law applies to both. It belongs to the priest who makes atonement with it.
- Leviticus 7:8וְהַ֨כֹּהֵ֔ן · As for the priest; לַכֹּהֵ֖ןAs for the priest who presents a burnt offering for anyone, the hide of that offering belongs to him.
- Leviticus 7:9לַכֹּהֵ֛ן · the priestLikewise, every grain offering that is baked in an oven or cooked in a pan or on a griddle belongs to the priest who presents it,
- Leviticus 7:14לַכֹּהֵ֗ן · the priestFrom the cakes he must present one portion of each offering as a contribution to the LORD. It belongs to the priest who sprinkles the blood of the peace offering.
- Leviticus 7:31הַכֹּהֵ֛ן · The priestThe priest is to burn the fat on the altar, but the breast belongs to Aaron and his sons.
- Leviticus 7:32לַכֹּהֵ֑ן · to the priestAnd you are to give the right thigh to the priest as a contribution from your peace offering.
- Leviticus 7:34הַכֹּהֵ֤ן · the priestI have taken from the sons of Israel the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution of their peace offerings, and I have given them to Aaron the priest and his sons as a permanent portion from the sons of Israel.’”
- Leviticus 12:6הַכֹּהֵֽן׃ · the priestWhen the days of her purification are complete, whether for a son or for a daughter, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting a year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering.
- Leviticus 12:8הַכֹּהֵ֖ן · Then the priestBut if she cannot afford a lamb, she shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. Then the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’”
- Leviticus 13:2הַכֹּהֵ֔ן · the priest; הַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃ · who is a priest“When someone has a swelling or rash or bright spot on his skin that may be an infectious skin disease, he must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons who is a priest.
- Leviticus 13:3הַכֹּהֵ֣ן · The priest; הַכֹּהֵ֖ן · After the priestThe priest is to examine the infection on his skin, and if the hair in the infection has turned white and the sore appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a skin disease. After the priest examines him, he must pronounce him unclean.
- Leviticus 13:4הַכֹּהֵ֛ן · the priestIf, however, the spot on his skin is white and does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and the hair in it has not turned white, the priest shall isolate the infected person for seven days.
- Leviticus 13:5הַכֹּהֵן֮ · the priest; הַכֹּהֵ֛ן · the priestOn the seventh day the priest is to reexamine him, and if he sees that the infection is unchanged and has not spread on the skin, the priest must isolate him for another seven days.
- Leviticus 13:6הַכֹּהֵ֨ן · The priest; הַכֹּהֵן֙ · the priestThe priest will examine him again on the seventh day, and if the sore has faded and has not spread on the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is a rash. The person must wash his clothes and be clean.
- Leviticus 13:7הַכֹּהֵ֖ן · the priest; הַכֹּהֵֽן׃ · the priestBut if the rash spreads further on his skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he must present himself again to the priest.
- Leviticus 13:8הַכֹּהֵ֔ן · The priest; הַכֹּהֵ֖ן · the priestThe priest will reexamine him, and if the rash has spread on the skin, the priest must pronounce him unclean; it is a skin disease.
- Leviticus 13:9הַכֹּהֵֽן׃ · the priestWhen anyone develops a skin disease, he must be brought to the priest.
- Leviticus 13:10הַכֹּהֵ֗ן · The priestThe priest will examine him, and if there is a white swelling on the skin that has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh in the swelling,
- Leviticus 13:11הַכֹּהֵ֑ן · and the priest…it is a chronic skin disease and the priest must pronounce him unclean. He need not isolate him, for he is unclean.
- Leviticus 13:12הַכֹּהֵֽן׃ · as far as the priestBut if the skin disease breaks out all over his skin so that it covers all the skin of the infected person from head to foot, as far as the priest can see,
- Leviticus 13:13הַכֹּהֵ֗ן · the priest…the priest shall examine him, and if the disease has covered his entire body, he is to pronounce the infected person clean. Since it has all turned white, he is clean.