כֹּהֵן

ko.hen

Hebrew H3548 Noun, masculine 750 occurrences in 653 verses
כֹּהֵן priest

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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Concordance 653 verses

  1. 1 Chronicles 23:2 וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים

    Then he gathered all the leaders of Israel, as well as the priests and Levites.

  2. 1 Chronicles 24:6 הַכֹּהֵ֗ןלַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים

    The scribe, Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded their names in the presence of the king and of the officers: Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of the priests and the Levites—one family being taken from Eleazar, and then one from Ithamar.

  3. 1 Chronicles 24:31 לַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים

    As their brothers the descendants of Aaron did, they also cast lots in the presence of King David and of Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the families of the priests and Levites—the family heads and their younger brothers alike.

  4. 1 Chronicles 27:5 הַכֹּהֵ֖ן

    The third army commander, as chief for the third month, was Benaiah son of Jehoiada the priest. There were 24,000 men in his division.

  5. 1 Chronicles 28:13 הַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים

    for the divisions of the priests and Levites, for all the work of service in the house of the LORD, and for all the articles of service in the house of the LORD:

  6. 1 Chronicles 28:21 הַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים

    The divisions of the priests and Levites are ready for all the service of the house of God, and every willing man of every skill will be at your disposal for the work. The officials and all the people are fully at your command.”

  7. 1 Chronicles 29:22 לְכֹהֵֽן׃

    That day they ate and drank with great joy in the presence of the LORD. Then, for a second time, they designated David’s son Solomon as king, anointing him before the LORD as ruler, and Zadok as the priest.

  8. 2 Chronicles 4:6 לַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים

    He also made ten basins for washing and placed five on the south side and five on the north. The parts of the burnt offering were rinsed in them, but the priests used the Sea for washing.

  9. 2 Chronicles 4:9 הַכֹּהֲנִ֔ים

    He made the courtyard of the priests and the large court with its doors, and he overlaid the doors with bronze.

  10. 2 Chronicles 5:5 הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים

    and they brought up the ark and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. The Levitical priests carried them up.

  11. 2 Chronicles 5:7 הַ֠כֹּהֲנִים

    Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.

  12. 2 Chronicles 5:11 הַכֹּהֲנִ֖יםהַכֹּהֲנִ֤ים

    Now all the priests who were present had consecrated themselves regardless of their divisions. And when the priests came out of the Holy Place,

  13. 2 Chronicles 5:12 כֹּֽהֲנִים֙

    all the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets.

  14. 2 Chronicles 5:14 הַכֹּהֲנִ֛ים

    so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God.

  15. 2 Chronicles 6:41 כֹּהֲנֶ֜יךָ

    Now therefore, arise, O LORD God, and enter Your resting place, You and the ark of Your might. May Your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and may Your godly ones rejoice in goodness.

  16. 2 Chronicles 7:2 הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים

    The priests were unable to enter the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled it.

  17. 2 Chronicles 7:6 וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֞יםוְהַכֹּהֲנִים֙

    The priests stood at their posts, as did the Levites with the musical instruments of the LORD, which King David had made for giving thanks to the LORD and with which David had offered praise, saying, “For His loving devotion endures forever.” Across from the Levites, the priests sounded trumpets, and all the Israelites were standing.

  18. 2 Chronicles 8:14 הַכֹּהֲנִ֜יםהַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙

    In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the daily requirement. He also appointed gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.

  19. 2 Chronicles 8:15 הַכֹּהֲנִ֧ים

    They did not turn aside from the king’s command regarding the priests or the Levites or any matter concerning the treasuries.

  20. 2 Chronicles 11:13 וְהַכֹּהֲנִים֙

    Moreover, the priests and Levites from all their districts throughout Israel stood with Rehoboam.

  21. 2 Chronicles 11:15 כֹּֽהֲנִ֔ים

    And Jeroboam appointed his own priests for the high places and for the goat demons and calf idols he had made.

  22. 2 Chronicles 13:9 כֹּהֲנֵ֣יכֹּהֲנִים֙כֹהֵ֖ן

    But did you not drive out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites? And did you not make priests for yourselves as do the peoples of other lands? Now whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams can become a priest of things that are not gods.

  23. 2 Chronicles 13:10 וְכֹ֨הֲנִ֜ים

    But as for us, the LORD is our God. We have not forsaken Him; the priests who minister to the LORD are sons of Aaron, and the Levites attend to their duties.

  24. 2 Chronicles 13:12 וְכֹהֲנָ֛יו

    Now behold, God Himself is with us as our head, and His priests with their trumpets sound the battle call against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for you will not succeed.”

  25. 2 Chronicles 13:14 וְהַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים

    When Judah turned and discovered that the battle was both before and behind them, they cried out to the LORD. Then the priests blew the trumpets,

  26. 2 Chronicles 15:3 כֹּהֵ֥ן

    For many years Israel has been without the true God, without a priest to instruct them, and without the law.

  27. 2 Chronicles 17:8 הַכֹּהֲנִֽים׃

    accompanied by certain Levites—Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah—along with the priests Elishama and Jehoram.

  28. 2 Chronicles 19:8 וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֗ים

    Moreover, Jehoshaphat appointed in Jerusalem some of the Levites, priests, and heads of the Israelite families to judge on behalf of the LORD and to settle disputes. And they lived in Jerusalem.

  29. 2 Chronicles 19:11 כֹהֵן֩

    Note that Amariah, the chief priest, will be over you in all that pertains to the LORD, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all that pertains to the king. And the Levites will serve as officers before you. Act resolutely; may the LORD be with the upright!”

  30. 2 Chronicles 22:11 הַכֹּהֵ֜ן

    But Jehoshabeath daughter of King Jehoram took Joash son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the sons of the king who were being murdered, and she put him and his nurse in a bedroom. Because Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram and the wife of Jehoiada the priest, was Ahaziah’s sister, she hid Joash from Athaliah so that she could not kill him.

  31. 2 Chronicles 23:4 לַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙

    This is what you are to do: A third of you priests and Levites who come on duty on the Sabbath shall keep watch at the doors,

  32. 2 Chronicles 23:6 הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙

    No one is to enter the house of the LORD except the priests and those Levites who serve; they may enter because they are consecrated, but all the people are to obey the requirement of the LORD.

  33. 2 Chronicles 23:8 הַכֹּהֵן֒הַכֹּהֵ֖ן

    So the Levites and all Judah did everything that Jehoiada the priest had ordered. Each of them took his men—those coming on duty on the Sabbath and those going off duty—for Jehoiada the priest had not released any of the divisions.

  34. 2 Chronicles 23:9 הַכֹּהֵ֜ן

    Then Jehoiada the priest gave to the commanders of hundreds the spears and the large and small shields of King David that were in the house of God.

  35. 2 Chronicles 23:14 הַכֹּהֵ֜ןהַכֹּהֵ֔ן

    And Jehoiada the priest sent out the commanders of hundreds in charge of the army, saying, “Bring her out between the ranks, and put to the sword anyone who follows her.” For the priest had said, “She must not be put to death in the house of the LORD.”

  36. 2 Chronicles 23:17 כֹּהֵ֣ן

    So all the people went to the temple of Baal and tore it down. They smashed the altars and idols to pieces and killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars.

  37. 2 Chronicles 23:18 הַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים

    Moreover, Jehoiada put the oversight of the house of the LORD into the hands of the Levitical priests, whom David had appointed over the house of the LORD, to offer burnt offerings to the LORD as is written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and song, as ordained by David.

  38. 2 Chronicles 24:2 הַכֹּהֵֽן׃

    And Joash did what was right in the eyes of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest.

  39. 2 Chronicles 24:5 הַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים

    So he gathered the priests and Levites and said, “Go out to the cities of Judah and collect the money due annually from all Israel, to repair the house of your God. Do it quickly.” The Levites, however, did not make haste.

  40. 2 Chronicles 24:11 כֹּהֵ֣ן

    Whenever the chest was brought by the Levites to the king’s overseers and they saw that there was a large amount of money, the royal scribe and the officer of the high priest would come and empty the chest and carry it back to its place. They did this daily and gathered the money in abundance.

  41. 2 Chronicles 24:20 הַכֹּהֵ֔ן

    Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, He has forsaken you.’”

  42. 2 Chronicles 24:25 הַכֹּהֵ֔ן

    And when the Arameans had withdrawn, they left Joash severely wounded. His own servants conspired against him for shedding the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him on his bed. So he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

  43. 2 Chronicles 26:17 הַכֹּהֵ֑ןכֹּהֲנִ֧ים׀

    Then Azariah the priest, along with eighty brave priests of the LORD, went in after him.

  44. 2 Chronicles 26:18 לַכֹּהֲנִ֧ים

    They took their stand against King Uzziah and said, “Uzziah, you have no right to offer incense to the LORD. Only the priests, the descendants of Aaron, are consecrated to burn incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have acted unfaithfully; you will not receive honor from the LORD God.”

  45. 2 Chronicles 26:19 הַכֹּהֲנִ֗יםהַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙

    Uzziah, with a censer in his hand to offer incense, was enraged. But while he raged against the priests in their presence in the house of the LORD before the altar of incense, leprosy broke out on his forehead.

  46. 2 Chronicles 26:20 כֹהֵ֨ןהַכֹּהֲנִ֗ים

    When Azariah the chief priest and all the priests turned to him and saw his leprous forehead, they rushed him out. Indeed, he himself hurried to get out, because the LORD had afflicted him.

  47. 2 Chronicles 29:4 הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים

    Then he brought in the priests and Levites and gathered them in the square on the east side.

  48. 2 Chronicles 29:16 הַ֠כֹּהֲנִים

    So the priests went inside the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and they brought out to the courtyard all the unclean things that they found in the temple of the LORD. Then the Levites took these things and carried them out to the Kidron Valley.

  49. 2 Chronicles 29:21 הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים

    They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven male goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And the king commanded the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the LORD.

  50. 2 Chronicles 29:22 הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙

    So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests took the blood and sprinkled it on the altar. They slaughtered the rams and sprinkled the blood on the altar. And they slaughtered the lambs and sprinkled the blood on the altar.

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