כָּהַן (ka.han) means “to minister” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: kaw-han' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
כָּהַן · ka.han · to minister
1) to act as a priest, minister in a priest's office 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to minister as a priest, serve as a priest 1a2) to be or become a priest 1a3) to play the priest
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a primitive root, apparently meaning to mediate in religious services; but used only as denominative from H3548 (כֹּהֵן); to officiate as a priest; figuratively, to put on regalia
KJV glosses: deck, be (do the office of a, execute the, minister in the) priest('s office).
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| to serve me as priests | 5 |
| to serve as priests | 4 |
| as priests | 2 |
| served as priests | 2 |
| so that they may serve me as priests | 2 |
| as my priests | 1 |
| served as priest | 1 |
| so that he may serve me as a priest | 1 |
| so that he may serve me as priest | 1 |
| so that they may also serve me as priests | 1 |
| succeeded him as priest | 1 |
| to succeed | 1 |
| wears a priestly | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| to minister in the priests office | 5 |
| him that he may minister unto me in the priests office | 2 |
| ministered in the priests office | 2 |
| that he may minister unto me in the priests office | 2 |
| decketh | 1 |
| executed the priests office | 1 |
| from executing the priests office | 1 |
| in the priests office | 1 |
| may minister unto me in the priests office | 1 |
| that executed the priests office | 1 |
| that they may minister unto me in the priests office | 1 |
| thee that thou shalt be no priest | 1 |
| them that they may minister unto me in the priests office | 1 |
| them to minister unto me in the priests office | 1 |
| to minister to me in the priests office | 1 |
| unto me to do the office of a priest | 1 |
Page 1 of 1. 23 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
“Next, have your brother Aaron brought to you from among the Israelites, along with his sons Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar, to serve Me as priests.
Read word by wordYou are to instruct all the skilled craftsmen, whom I have filled with a spirit of wisdom, to make garments for Aaron’s consecration, so that he may serve Me as priest.
Read word by wordThese are the garments that they shall make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a woven tunic, a turban, and a sash. They are to make these holy garments for your brother Aaron and his sons, so that they may serve Me as priests.
Read word by wordAfter you put these garments on your brother Aaron and his sons, anoint them, ordain them, and consecrate them so that they may serve Me as priests.
Read word by word“Now this is what you are to do to consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve Me as priests: Take a young bull and two rams without blemish,
Read word by wordSo I will consecrate the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and I will consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve Me as priests.
Read word by wordAnoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them to serve Me as priests.
Read word by wordas well as the woven garments, both the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests,
Read word by wordand the woven garments for ministering in the holy place—both the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests.”
Read word by wordand the woven garments for ministering in the sanctuary, both the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests.
Read word by wordAnd you are to clothe Aaron with the holy garments, anoint him, and consecrate him, so that he may serve Me as a priest.
Read word by wordAnoint them just as you anointed their father, so that they may also serve Me as priests. Their anointing will qualify them for a permanent priesthood throughout their generations.”
Read word by wordThis is the portion of the food offerings to the LORD for Aaron and his sons since the day they were presented to serve the LORD as priests.
Read word by wordThe priest who is anointed and ordained to succeed his father as high priest shall make atonement. He will put on the sacred linen garments
Read word by wordThese were Aaron’s sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests.
Read word by wordNadab and Abihu, however, died in the presence of the LORD when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai. And since they had no sons, only Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests during the lifetime of their father Aaron.
Read word by wordThe Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him as priest.
Read word by wordJohanan was the father of Azariah, who served as priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem,
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 5.36
But Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, and they had no sons; so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.
Read word by wordFor the Levites left their pasturelands and their possessions and went to Judah and Jerusalem, because Jeroboam and his sons had rejected them as priests of the LORD.
Read word by wordI will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.
Read word by wordThey must not approach Me to serve Me as priests or come near any of My holy things or the most holy things. They will bear the shame of the abominations they have committed.
Read word by wordMy people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
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