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 4 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.
The priest shall make atonement on his behalf before the LORD with the ram of the guilt offering for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven the sin he has committed.
Read word by wordThen the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people,
Read word by wordIf a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.
Read word by wordThe priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained to wear the priestly garments, must not let his hair hang loose or tear his garments.
Read word by wordNo descendant of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall approach to present the food offerings to the LORD. Since he has a defect, he is not to come near to offer the food of his God.
Read word by wordNo one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offering, nor may the guest of a priest or his hired hand eat it.
Read word by wordBut if a priest buys a slave with his own money, or if a slave is born in his household, that slave may eat his food.
Read word by wordIf the priest’s daughter is married to a man other than a priest, she is not to eat of the sacred contributions.
Read word by wordBut if a priest’s daughter with no children becomes widowed or divorced and returns to her father’s house, she may share her father’s food as in her youth. But no outsider may share it.
Read word by wordIf anyone eats a sacred offering in error, he must add a fifth to its value and give the sacred offering to the priest.
Read word by word“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘When you enter the land that I am giving you and you reap its harvest, you are to bring to the priest a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest.
Read word by wordAnd he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD so that it may be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath.
Read word by wordThe priest is to wave the lambs as a wave offering before the LORD, together with the bread of the firstfruits. The bread and the two lambs shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.
Read word by wordBut if the one making the vow is too poor to pay the valuation, he is to present the person before the priest, who shall set the value according to what the one making the vow can afford.
Read word by wordBut if the vow involves any of the unclean animals that may not be brought as an offering to the LORD, the animal must be presented before the priest.
Read word by wordThe priest shall set its value, whether high or low; as the priest values it, the price will be set.
Read word by wordNow if a man consecrates his house as holy to the LORD, then the priest shall value it either as good or bad. The price will stand just as the priest values it.
Read word by wordBut if he consecrates his field after the Jubilee, the priest is to calculate the price in proportion to the years left until the next Year of Jubilee, so that your valuation will be reduced.
Read word by wordWhen the field is released in the Jubilee, it will become holy, like a field devoted to the LORD; it becomes the property of the priests.
Read word by wordthen the priest shall calculate for him the value up to the Year of Jubilee, and the man shall pay the assessed value on that day as a sacred offering to the LORD.
Read word by wordThese were Aaron’s sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests.
Read word by word“Bring the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him.
Read word by wordThe chief of the leaders of the Levites was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest; he oversaw those responsible for the duties of the sanctuary.
Read word by wordEleazar son of Aaron the priest shall oversee the oil for the light, the fragrant incense, the daily grain offering, and the anointing oil. He has oversight of the entire tabernacle and everything in it, including the holy objects and their utensils.”
Read word by wordThis is the service of the Gershonite clans at the Tent of Meeting, and their duties shall be under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
Read word by wordThis is the service of the Merarite clans according to all their work at the Tent of Meeting, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.”
Read word by wordBut if the man has no relative to whom restitution can be made for the wrong, the restitution belongs to the LORD and must be given to the priest along with the ram of atonement, by which the atonement is made for him.
Read word by wordEvery sacred contribution the Israelites bring to the priest shall belong to him.
Read word by wordEach man’s sacred gifts are his own, but whatever he gives to the priest will belong to the priest.”
Read word by wordthen he is to bring his wife to the priest. He must also bring for her an offering of a tenth of an ephah of barley flour. He is not to pour oil over it or put frankincense on it, because it is a grain offering for jealousy, an offering of memorial as a reminder of iniquity.
Read word by wordThe priest is to bring the wife forward and have her stand before the LORD.
Read word by wordThen he is to take some holy water in a clay jar and put some of the dust from the tabernacle floor into the water.
Read word by wordAfter the priest has the woman stand before the LORD, he is to let down her hair and place in her hands the grain offering of memorial, which is the grain offering for jealousy. The priest is to hold the bitter water that brings a curse.
Read word by wordAnd he is to put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has slept with you and you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, may you be immune to this bitter water that brings a curse.
Read word by wordand the priest shall have the woman swear under the oath of the curse—‘then may the LORD make you an attested curse among your people by making your thigh shrivel and your belly swell.
Read word by wordAnd the priest shall write these curses on a scroll and wash them off into the bitter water.
Read word by wordThe priest shall take from her hand the grain offering for jealousy, wave it before the LORD, and bring it to the altar.
Read word by wordThen the priest is to take a handful of the grain offering as a memorial portion and burn it on the altar; after that he is to have the woman drink the water.
Read word by wordor when a feeling of jealousy comes over a husband and he suspects his wife. He is to have the woman stand before the LORD, and the priest is to apply to her this entire law.
Read word by wordOn the eighth day he must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
Read word by wordAnd the priest is to offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to make atonement for him, because he has sinned by being in the presence of the dead body. On that day he must consecrate his head again.
Read word by wordThe priest is to present all these before the LORD and make the sin offering and the burnt offering.
Read word by wordHe shall also offer the ram as a peace offering to the LORD, along with the basket of unleavened bread. And the priest is to offer the accompanying grain offering and drink offering.
Read word by wordAnd the priest is to take the boiled shoulder from the ram, one unleavened cake from the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and put them into the hands of the Nazirite who has just shaved the hair of his consecration.
Read word by wordThe priest shall then wave them as a wave offering before the LORD. This is a holy portion for the priest, in addition to the breast of the wave offering and the thigh that was presented. After that, the Nazirite may drink wine.
Read word by wordand he gave the Merarites four carts and eight oxen, as their service required, all under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
Read word by wordThe sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. This shall be a permanent statute for you and the generations to come.
Read word by wordThe priest is to make atonement for the whole congregation of Israel, so that they may be forgiven; for the sin was unintentional and they have brought to the LORD a food offering and a sin offering, presented before the LORD for their unintentional sin.
Read word by wordAnd the priest shall make atonement before the LORD on behalf of the person who erred by sinning unintentionally; and when atonement has been made for him, he will be forgiven.
Read word by word“Tell Eleazar son of Aaron the priest to remove the censers from the flames and to scatter the coals far away, because the censers are holy.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 17.2
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