כֹּהֵן
ko.hen
1. priest, principal officer or chief ruler
a. priest-king (Melchizedek, Messiah)
b. pagan priests
c. priests of Jehovah
d. Levitical priests
e. Zadokite priests
f. Aaronic priests
g. the high priest
Aramaic equivalent: ka.hen (כָּהֵן "priest" H3549)
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
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- Lamentations 4:13 כֹּהֲנֶ֑יהָ
But this was for the sins of her prophets and the guilt of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst.
- Lamentations 4:16 כֹהֲנִים֙
The presence of the LORD has scattered them; He regards them no more. The priests are shown no honor; the elders find no favor.
- Ezekiel 1:3 הַכֹּהֵ֛ן
the word of the LORD came directly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Kebar. And there the LORD’s hand was upon him.
- Ezekiel 7:26 מִכֹּהֵ֔ן
Disaster upon disaster will come, and rumor after rumor. Then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but instruction from the priests will perish, as will counsel from the elders.
- Ezekiel 22:26 כֹּהֲנֶ֜יהָ
Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.
- Ezekiel 40:45 לַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים
Then the man said to me: “The chamber that faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple,
- Ezekiel 40:46 לַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים
and the chamber that faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, the only Levites who may approach the LORD to minister before Him.”
- Ezekiel 42:13 הַכֹּהֲנִ֛ים
Then the man said to me, “The north and south chambers facing the temple courtyard are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings—the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings—for the place is holy.
- Ezekiel 42:14 הַכֹּהֲנִ֗ים
Once the priests have entered the holy area, they must not go out into the outer court until they have left behind the garments in which they minister, for these are holy. They are to put on other clothes before they approach the places that are for the people.”
- Ezekiel 43:19 הַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים
You are to give a young bull from the herd as a sin offering to the Levitical priests who are of the family of Zadok, who approach Me to minister before Me, declares the Lord GOD.
- Ezekiel 43:24 הַכֹּהֲנִ֤ים
You must present them before the LORD; the priests are to sprinkle salt on them and sacrifice them as a burnt offering to the LORD.
- Ezekiel 43:27 הַכֹּהֲנִ֤ים
At the end of these days, from the eighth day on, the priests are to present your burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar. Then I will accept you, declares the Lord GOD.’”
- Ezekiel 44:15 וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֨ים
But the Levitical priests, who are descended from Zadok and who kept charge of My sanctuary when the Israelites went astray from Me, are to approach Me to minister before Me. They will stand before Me to offer Me fat and blood, declares the Lord GOD.
- Ezekiel 44:21 כֹּהֵ֑ן
No priest may drink wine before he enters the inner court.
- Ezekiel 44:22 מִכֹּהֵ֖ן
And they shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but must marry a virgin of the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow of a priest.
- Ezekiel 44:30 לַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםלַכֹּהֵ֔ן
The best of all the firstfruits and of every contribution from all your offerings will belong to the priests. You are to give your first batch of dough to the priest, so that a blessing may rest upon your homes.
- Ezekiel 44:31 הַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃פ
The priests may not eat any bird or animal found dead or torn by wild beasts.
- Ezekiel 45:4 לַכֹּ֨הֲנִ֜ים
It will be a holy portion of the land to be used by the priests who minister in the sanctuary, who draw near to minister before the LORD. It will be a place for their houses, as well as a holy area for the sanctuary.
- Ezekiel 45:19 הַכֹּהֵ֜ן
And the priest is to take some of the blood from the sin offering and put it on the doorposts of the temple, on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the gateposts of the inner court.
- Ezekiel 46:2 הַכֹּהֲנִ֗ים
The prince is to enter from the outside through the portico of the gateway and stand by the gatepost, while the priests sacrifice his burnt offerings and peace offerings. He is to bow in worship at the threshold of the gate and then depart, but the gate must not be shut until evening.
- Ezekiel 46:19 הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים
Then the man brought me through the entrance at the side of the gate into the holy chambers facing north, which belonged to the priests, and he showed me a place there at the far western end
- Ezekiel 46:20 הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים
and said to me, “This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they shall bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them into the outer court and transmit holiness to the people.”
- Ezekiel 48:10 לַכֹּֽהֲנִים֒
This will be the holy portion for the priests. It will be 25,000 cubits long on the north side, 10,000 cubits wide on the west side, 10,000 cubits wide on the east side, and 25,000 cubits long on the south side. In the center will be the sanctuary of the LORD.
- Ezekiel 48:11 לַכֹּהֲנִ֤ים
It will be for the consecrated priests, the descendants of Zadok, who kept My charge and did not go astray as the Levites did when the Israelites went astray.
- Ezekiel 48:13 הַכֹּהֲנִ֔ים
Bordering the territory of the priests, the Levites shall have an area 25,000 cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide. The whole length will be 25,000 cubits, and the width 10,000 cubits.
- Hosea 4:4 כֹהֵֽן׃
But let no man contend; let no man offer reproof; for your people are like those who contend with a priest.
- Hosea 4:9 כַּכֹּהֵ֑ן
And it shall be like people, like priest. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.
- Hosea 5:1 הַכֹּהֲנִ֜ים
“Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.
- Hosea 6:9 כֹּֽהֲנִ֔ים
Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.
- Joel 1:9 הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים
Grain and drink offerings have been cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests are in mourning, those who minister before the LORD.
- Joel 1:13 הַכֹּהֲנִ֗ים
Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God, because the grain and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God.
- Joel 2:17 הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים
Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’”
- Amos 7:10 כֹּהֵ֣ן
Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, “Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words,
- Micah 3:11 וְכֹהֲנֶ֙יהָ֙
Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”
- Zephaniah 1:4 הַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃
“I will stretch out My hand against Judah and against all who dwell in Jerusalem. I will cut off from this place every remnant of Baal, the names of the idolatrous and pagan priests—
- Zephaniah 3:4 כֹּהֲנֶ֙יהָ֙
Her prophets are reckless, faithless men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; they do violence to the law.
- Haggai 1:1 הַכֹּהֵ֥ן
In the second year of the reign of Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came through Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, stating
- Haggai 1:12 הַכֹּהֵ֨ן
Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God and the words of the prophet Haggai, because the LORD their God had sent him. So the people feared the LORD.
- Haggai 1:14 הַכֹּהֵ֣ן
So the LORD stirred the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as well as the spirit of all the remnant of the people. And they came and began the work on the house of the LORD of Hosts, their God,
- Haggai 2:2 הַכֹּהֵ֣ן
“Speak to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and also to the remnant of the people. Ask them,
- Haggai 2:4 הַכֹּהֵ֨ן
But now be strong, O Zerubbabel, declares the LORD. Be strong, O Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. And be strong, all you people of the land, declares the LORD. Work! For I am with you, declares the LORD of Hosts.
- Haggai 2:11 הַכֹּהֲנִ֛ים
“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Ask the priests for a ruling.
- Haggai 2:12 הַכֹּהֲנִ֛ים
If a man carries consecrated meat in the fold of his garment, and it touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any other food, does that item become holy?’” “No,” replied the priests.
- Haggai 2:13 הַכֹּהֲנִ֛ים
So Haggai asked, “If one who is defiled by contact with a corpse touches any of these, does it become defiled?” “Yes, it becomes defiled,” the priests answered.
- Zechariah 3:1 הַכֹּהֵ֣ן
Then the angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.
- Zechariah 3:8 הַכֹּהֵ֣ן
Hear now, O high priest Joshua, you and your companions seated before you, who are indeed a sign. For behold, I am going to bring My servant, the Branch.
- Zechariah 6:11 הַכֹּהֵ֥ן
Take silver and gold, make an ornate crown, and set it on the head of the high priest, Joshua son of Jehozadak.
- Zechariah 6:13 כֹהֵן֙
Yes, He will build the temple of the LORD; He will be clothed in splendor and will sit on His throne and rule. And He will be a priest on His throne, and there will be peaceful counsel between the two.’
- Zechariah 7:3 הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙
by asking the priests of the house of the LORD of Hosts, as well as the prophets, “Should I weep and fast in the fifth month, as I have done these many years?”
- Zechariah 7:5 הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים
“Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?