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Hebrew word study

כֹּהֵןkôhên — literally one officiating, a priest

Pronounced “ko-hane'”

literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)

Translated in the King James as: chief ruler, own, priest, prince, principal officer.

Appears 737 times in Scripture

Origin: active participle of H3547 (כָּהַן);

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Where it appears

Genesis — 7×
Genesis 14:18Genesis 41:45Genesis 41:50Genesis 46:20Genesis 47:22Genesis 47:26+ 1 more in Genesis
Exodus — 11×
Exodus 2:16Exodus 3:1Exodus 18:1Exodus 19:6Exodus 19:22Exodus 19:24Exodus 29:30Exodus 31:10Exodus 35:19Exodus 38:21Exodus 39:41
Leviticus — 188×
Leviticus 1:5Leviticus 1:7Leviticus 1:8Leviticus 1:9Leviticus 1:11Leviticus 1:12Leviticus 1:13Leviticus 1:15Leviticus 1:17Leviticus 2:2Leviticus 2:8Leviticus 2:9Leviticus 2:16Leviticus 3:2Leviticus 3:11Leviticus 3:16Leviticus 4:3Leviticus 4:5Leviticus 4:6Leviticus 4:7Leviticus 4:10Leviticus 4:16Leviticus 4:17Leviticus 4:20Leviticus 4:25+ 163 more in Leviticus
Numbers — 67×
Numbers 3:3Numbers 3:6Numbers 3:32Numbers 4:16Numbers 4:28Numbers 4:33Numbers 5:8Numbers 5:9Numbers 5:10Numbers 5:15Numbers 5:16Numbers 5:17Numbers 5:18Numbers 5:19Numbers 5:21Numbers 5:23Numbers 5:25Numbers 5:26Numbers 5:30Numbers 6:10Numbers 6:11Numbers 6:16Numbers 6:17Numbers 6:19Numbers 6:20+ 42 more in Numbers
Deuteronomy — 14×
Deuteronomy 17:9Deuteronomy 17:12Deuteronomy 17:18Deuteronomy 18:1Deuteronomy 18:3Deuteronomy 19:17Deuteronomy 20:2Deuteronomy 21:5Deuteronomy 24:8Deuteronomy 26:3Deuteronomy 26:4Deuteronomy 27:9Deuteronomy 31:9+ 1 more in Deuteronomy
Joshua — 37×
Joshua 3:3Joshua 3:6Joshua 3:8Joshua 3:13Joshua 3:14Joshua 3:15Joshua 3:17Joshua 4:3Joshua 4:9Joshua 4:10Joshua 4:11Joshua 4:16Joshua 4:17Joshua 4:18Joshua 6:4Joshua 6:6Joshua 6:8Joshua 6:9Joshua 6:12Joshua 6:13Joshua 6:16Joshua 8:33Joshua 14:1Joshua 17:4Joshua 19:51+ 12 more in Joshua
Judges — 15×
Judges 17:5Judges 17:10Judges 17:12Judges 17:13Judges 18:4Judges 18:6Judges 18:17Judges 18:18Judges 18:19Judges 18:20Judges 18:24Judges 18:27Judges 18:30+ 2 more in Judges
1 Samuel — 30×
1 Sam 1:31 Sam 1:91 Sam 2:111 Sam 2:131 Sam 2:141 Sam 2:151 Sam 2:281 Sam 2:351 Sam 5:51 Sam 6:21 Sam 14:31 Sam 14:191 Sam 14:361 Sam 21:11 Sam 21:41 Sam 21:61 Sam 21:91 Sam 22:111 Sam 22:171 Sam 22:181 Sam 22:191 Sam 22:211 Sam 23:91 Sam 30:7+ 6 more in 1 Samuel
2 Samuel — 9×
2 Sam 8:172 Sam 8:182 Sam 15:272 Sam 15:352 Sam 17:152 Sam 19:112 Sam 20:252 Sam 20:26+ 1 more in 2 Samuel
1 Kings — 29×
1 Ki 1:71 Ki 1:81 Ki 1:191 Ki 1:251 Ki 1:261 Ki 1:321 Ki 1:341 Ki 1:381 Ki 1:391 Ki 1:421 Ki 1:441 Ki 1:451 Ki 2:221 Ki 2:261 Ki 2:271 Ki 2:351 Ki 4:21 Ki 4:41 Ki 4:51 Ki 8:31 Ki 8:41 Ki 8:61 Ki 8:101 Ki 8:111 Ki 12:31+ 4 more in 1 Kings
2 Kings — 42×
2 Ki 10:112 Ki 10:192 Ki 11:92 Ki 11:102 Ki 11:152 Ki 11:182 Ki 12:22 Ki 12:42 Ki 12:52 Ki 12:62 Ki 12:72 Ki 12:82 Ki 12:92 Ki 12:102 Ki 12:162 Ki 16:102 Ki 16:112 Ki 16:152 Ki 16:162 Ki 17:272 Ki 17:282 Ki 17:322 Ki 19:22 Ki 22:42 Ki 22:8+ 17 more in 2 Kings
1 Chronicles — 19×
1 Chr 9:21 Chr 9:101 Chr 9:301 Chr 13:21 Chr 15:111 Chr 15:141 Chr 15:241 Chr 16:61 Chr 16:391 Chr 18:161 Chr 23:21 Chr 24:61 Chr 24:311 Chr 27:51 Chr 28:131 Chr 28:211 Chr 29:22+ 2 more in 1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles — 89×
2 Chr 4:62 Chr 4:92 Chr 5:52 Chr 5:72 Chr 5:112 Chr 5:122 Chr 5:142 Chr 6:412 Chr 7:22 Chr 7:62 Chr 8:142 Chr 8:152 Chr 11:132 Chr 11:152 Chr 13:92 Chr 13:102 Chr 13:122 Chr 13:142 Chr 15:32 Chr 17:82 Chr 19:82 Chr 19:112 Chr 22:112 Chr 23:42 Chr 23:6+ 64 more in 2 Chronicles
Ezra — 26×
Ezra 1:5Ezra 2:36Ezra 2:61Ezra 2:63Ezra 2:69Ezra 2:70Ezra 3:2Ezra 3:8Ezra 3:10Ezra 3:12Ezra 6:20Ezra 7:5Ezra 7:7Ezra 7:11Ezra 8:15Ezra 8:24Ezra 8:29Ezra 8:30Ezra 8:33Ezra 9:1Ezra 9:7Ezra 10:5Ezra 10:10Ezra 10:16Ezra 10:18+ 1 more in Ezra
Nehemiah — 44×
Nehemiah 2:16Nehemiah 3:1Nehemiah 3:20Nehemiah 3:22Nehemiah 3:28Nehemiah 5:12Nehemiah 7:39Nehemiah 7:63Nehemiah 7:65Nehemiah 7:70Nehemiah 7:72Nehemiah 7:73Nehemiah 8:2Nehemiah 8:9Nehemiah 8:13Nehemiah 9:32Nehemiah 9:34Nehemiah 9:38Nehemiah 10:8Nehemiah 10:28Nehemiah 10:34Nehemiah 10:36Nehemiah 10:37Nehemiah 10:38Nehemiah 10:39+ 19 more in Nehemiah
Job — 1×
Job 12:19
Psalms — 5×
Psalms 78:64Psalms 99:6Psalms 110:4Psalms 132:9Psalms 132:16
Isaiah — 6×
Isaiah 8:2Isaiah 24:2Isaiah 28:7Isaiah 37:2Isaiah 61:6Isaiah 66:21
Jeremiah — 40×
Jeremiah 1:1Jeremiah 1:18Jeremiah 2:8Jeremiah 2:26Jeremiah 4:9Jeremiah 5:31Jeremiah 6:13Jeremiah 8:1Jeremiah 8:10Jeremiah 13:13Jeremiah 14:18Jeremiah 18:18Jeremiah 19:1Jeremiah 20:1Jeremiah 21:1Jeremiah 23:11Jeremiah 23:33Jeremiah 23:34Jeremiah 26:7Jeremiah 26:8Jeremiah 26:11Jeremiah 26:16Jeremiah 27:16Jeremiah 28:1Jeremiah 28:5+ 15 more in Jeremiah
Lamentations — 6×
Lam 1:4Lam 1:19Lam 2:6Lam 2:20Lam 4:13Lam 4:16
Ezekiel — 24×
Ezekiel 1:3Ezekiel 7:26Ezekiel 22:26Ezekiel 40:45Ezekiel 40:46Ezekiel 42:13Ezekiel 42:14Ezekiel 43:19Ezekiel 43:24Ezekiel 43:27Ezekiel 44:15Ezekiel 44:21Ezekiel 44:22Ezekiel 44:30Ezekiel 44:31Ezekiel 45:4Ezekiel 45:19Ezekiel 46:2Ezekiel 46:19Ezekiel 46:20Ezekiel 48:10Ezekiel 48:11Ezekiel 48:13+ 1 more in Ezekiel
Hosea — 4×
Hosea 4:4Hosea 4:9Hosea 5:1Hosea 6:9
Joel — 3×
Joel 1:9Joel 1:13Joel 2:17
Amos — 1×
Amos 7:10
Micah — 1×
Micah 3:11
Zephaniah — 2×
Zeph 1:4Zeph 3:4
Haggai — 8×
Haggai 1:1Haggai 1:12Haggai 1:14Haggai 2:2Haggai 2:4Haggai 2:11Haggai 2:12Haggai 2:13
Zechariah — 6×
Zech 3:1Zech 3:8Zech 6:11Zech 6:13Zech 7:3Zech 7:5
Malachi — 3×
Malachi 1:6Malachi 2:1Malachi 2:7

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