H3548 כֹּהֵן
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 750 KJV occurrences
כֹּהֵן
kôhên · ko-hane'
Definition
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
KJV Renderings
chief ruler, [idiom] own, priest, prince, principal officer.
Derivation / Etymology
active participle of H3547 (כָּהַן);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 750)
- Genesis 14:18And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.
- Leviticus 13:8And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy.
- Leviticus 19:22And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he hath done: and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him.
- Deuteronomy 17:9And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment:
- 1 Samuel 22:19And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
- 1 Chronicles 16:6Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.
- 2 Chronicles 35:10So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king’s commandment.
- Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?