כֹּהֵן (ko.hen) means “priest” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: ko-hane' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
כֹּהֵן · ko.hen · priest
1) priest, principal officer or chief ruler 1a) priest-king (Melchizedek, Messiah) 1b) pagan priests 1c) priests of Jehovah 1d) Levitical priests 1e) Zadokite priests 1f) Aaronic priests 1g) the high priest Aramaic equivalent: ka.hen (כָּהֵן "priest" H3549)
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active participle of H3547 (כָּהַן); literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
KJV glosses: chief ruler, [idiom] own, priest, prince, principal officer.
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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 |
|---|---|
| the priest | 245 |
| the priests | 107 |
| priest | 47 |
| priests | 44 |
| of the priests | 27 |
| and the priest | 24 |
| then the priest | 21 |
| a priest | 10 |
| and priests | 8 |
| and the priests | 8 |
| in this way the priest | 8 |
| so the priests | 7 |
| to the priest | 7 |
| among the priests | 6 |
| were priests | 6 |
| her priests | 5 |
| then the priests | 5 |
| for the priests | 4 |
| his priests | 4 |
| to the priests | 4 |
| along with the priests | 3 |
| and he | 3 |
| as well as the priests | 3 |
| he | 3 |
| o priests | 3 |
| of a priest | 3 |
| of priests | 3 |
| priestly | 3 |
| while the priests | 3 |
| a priests | 2 |
| after the priest | 2 |
| and for the priests | 2 |
| and priest | 2 |
| as priests | 2 |
| as the priest | 2 |
| his | 2 |
| including the priests | 2 |
| is for the priests | 2 |
| may your priests | 2 |
| now the priests | 2 |
| of the priest | 2 |
| so that the priests | 2 |
| so the priest | 2 |
| their priests | 2 |
| when the priests | 2 |
| where the priests | 2 |
| who | 2 |
| with the priests | 2 |
| after the priests | 1 |
| and a priest | 1 |
| and his priest | 1 |
| and his priests | 1 |
| and jehoiada the priest | 1 |
| and must be given to the priest | 1 |
| and my priest | 1 |
| and priest alike | 1 |
| and some of the priests | 1 |
| and the other priests | 1 |
| and their | 1 |
| are a priest | 1 |
| are the priests | 1 |
| as far as the priest | 1 |
| as for the priest | 1 |
| as for the priests | 1 |
| as priest | 1 |
| belongs to the priest | 1 |
| but as soon as the priests | 1 |
| but he | 1 |
| but the priest | 1 |
| but the priests | 1 |
| but the priests used | 1 |
| for a priest | 1 |
| for the priest | 1 |
| for their priestly | 1 |
| from the priests | 1 |
| he leads priests | 1 |
| including priests | 1 |
| it to the priest | 1 |
| its priests | 1 |
| let the priests | 1 |
| like priest | 1 |
| moreover the priests | 1 |
| my priests | 1 |
| now the priest | 1 |
| of her priests | 1 |
| of the high priest | 1 |
| of the priestly | 1 |
| once the priests | 1 |
| or priest | 1 |
| or priests | 1 |
| our priests | 1 |
| pagan priests | 1 |
| portion for the priest | 1 |
| priestly leaders | 1 |
| should priests | 1 |
| than the priests had been | 1 |
| the priesthood | 1 |
| the priests portion | 1 |
| then he | 1 |
| there was a priest | 1 |
| thus the priest | 1 |
| to be used by the priests | 1 |
| was a priest | 1 |
| was priest | 1 |
| was the priest | 1 |
| were among his priests | 1 |
| were given to the priests | 1 |
| when the priest | 1 |
| which belonged to the priests | 1 |
| while the priest | 1 |
| who are priests | 1 |
| who is a priest | 1 |
| will the priests | 1 |
| you priest | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the priest | 151 |
| and the priest | 113 |
| the priests | 69 |
| and the priests | 49 |
| of the priests | 47 |
| priest | 39 |
| then the priest | 28 |
| unto the priest | 21 |
| priests | 18 |
| for the priests | 12 |
| unto the priests | 9 |
| for the priest | 6 |
| to the priests | 5 |
| with the priests | 5 |
| among the priests | 4 |
| and if the priest | 4 |
| her priests | 4 |
| of the priest | 4 |
| so the priests | 4 |
| a priest | 3 |
| and it came to pass when the priests | 3 |
| and of the priests | 3 |
| but if the priest | 3 |
| of priests | 3 |
| shall be the priests | 3 |
| shall the priest | 3 |
| them unto the priest | 3 |
| to the priest | 3 |
| upon the priests | 3 |
| where the priests | 3 |
| all the priests | 2 |
| and a priest | 2 |
| and his priests | 2 |
| and to the priests | 2 |
| because the priests | 2 |
| but the priests | 2 |
| even unto the priest | 2 |
| for themselves and for the priests | 2 |
| from the priest | 2 |
| his priests | 2 |
| in the priests | 2 |
| let the priests | 2 |
| let thy priests | 2 |
| of his own | 2 |
| our priests | 2 |
| so that the priests | 2 |
| their priests | 2 |
| were priests | 2 |
| when the priests | 2 |
| according to all that the priests | 1 |
| also the priests | 1 |
| among his priests | 1 |
| and all his priests | 1 |
| and all the priests | 1 |
| and he shall be a priest | 1 |
| and if when the priest | 1 |
| and let the priests | 1 |
| and now o ye priests | 1 |
| and on our priests | 1 |
| and on that side before the priests | 1 |
| and priest | 1 |
| and their priests | 1 |
| and this shall be the priests | 1 |
| and to all the priests | 1 |
| as the priest | 1 |
| became his priest | 1 |
| before the priest | 1 |
| before the priests | 1 |
| but if the priests | 1 |
| but to the priests | 1 |
| did the priest | 1 |
| even those did the priests | 1 |
| for all the priests | 1 |
| for thee to be a priest | 1 |
| for them the priest | 1 |
| from being priest | 1 |
| him and the priests | 1 |
| him priests | 1 |
| if the priest | 1 |
| if the priests | 1 |
| in it then the priest | 1 |
| it shall be the priests | 1 |
| it to the priest | 1 |
| it unto the priest | 1 |
| it unto the priests | 1 |
| it was the priests | 1 |
| like priest | 1 |
| may be a priest | 1 |
| me and i am his priest | 1 |
| me my priests | 1 |
| my priest | 1 |
| neither shall any priest | 1 |
| neither shall the priests | 1 |
| nevertheless the priests | 1 |
| nor to the priests | 1 |
| not for the priests | 1 |
| now the priest | 1 |
| now the priests | 1 |
| of her priests | 1 |
| of them for priests | 1 |
| of them priests | 1 |
| or a priest | 1 |
| or that thou be a priest | 1 |
| out of the place where the priests | 1 |
| princes | 1 |
| principal officer | 1 |
| save the priests | 1 |
| shall be for the priests | 1 |
| so the priest | 1 |
| so with the priest | 1 |
| that had a priest | 1 |
| that is priest | 1 |
| that the priest | 1 |
| that the priests | 1 |
| thee priest | 1 |
| themselves than the priests | 1 |
| then shall the priest | 1 |
| then the priests | 1 |
| therefore neither the priests | 1 |
| thereof against the priests | 1 |
| thereof and the priest | 1 |
| thereof shall be the priests | 1 |
| these did the priests | 1 |
| unto you o priests | 1 |
| was a chief ruler | 1 |
| were chief rulers | 1 |
| wherefore the priest | 1 |
| wheresoever the priest | 1 |
| who became his priest | 1 |
| with him and the priests | 1 |
| with the priest | 1 |
| with thee but let not the priests | 1 |
| with this and the priest | 1 |
| ye priests | 1 |
| ye this o priests | 1 |
| you priests | 1 |
Page 13 of 14. 653 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
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.
Read word by wordThe presence of the LORD has scattered them; He regards them no more. The priests are shown no honor; the elders find no favor.
Read word by wordthe 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.
Read word by wordDisaster 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.
Read word by wordHer 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.
Read word by wordThen the man said to me: “The chamber that faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple,
Read word by wordand 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.”
Read word by wordThen 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.
Read word by wordOnce 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.”
Read word by wordYou 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.
Read word by wordYou must present them before the LORD; the priests are to sprinkle salt on them and sacrifice them as a burnt offering to the LORD.
Read word by wordAt 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.’”
Read word by wordBut 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.
Read word by wordNo priest may drink wine before he enters the inner court.
Read word by wordAnd 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.
Read word by wordThe 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.
Read word by wordThe priests may not eat any bird or animal found dead or torn by wild beasts.
Read word by wordIt 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.
Read word by wordAnd 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.
Read word by wordThe 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.
Read word by wordThen 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
Read word by wordand 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.”
Read word by wordThis 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.
Read word by wordIt 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.
Read word by wordBordering 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.
Read word by wordBut let no man contend; let no man offer reproof; for your people are like those who contend with a priest.
Read word by wordAnd it shall be like people, like priest. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.
Read word by word“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.
Read word by wordLike raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.
Read word by wordGrain and drink offerings have been cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests are in mourning, those who minister before the LORD.
Read word by wordPut 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.
Read word by wordLet 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?’”
Read word by wordThen 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,
Read word by wordHer 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.”
Read word by word“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—
Read word by wordHer prophets are reckless, faithless men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; they do violence to the law.
Read word by wordIn 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
Read word by wordThen 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.
Read word by wordSo 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,
Read word by word“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,
Read word by wordBut 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.
Read word by word“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Ask the priests for a ruling.
Read word by wordIf 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.
Read word by wordSo 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.
Read word by wordThen 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.
Read word by wordHear 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.
Read word by wordTake silver and gold, make an ornate crown, and set it on the head of the high priest, Joshua son of Jehozadak.
Read word by wordYes, 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.’
Read word by wordby 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?”
Read word by word“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?
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