Definition
a primitive root, apparently meaning to mediate in religious services; but used only as denominative from H3548; to officiate as a priest; figuratively, to put on regalia
Traditional renderings: deck, be (do the office of a, execute the, minister in the) priest('s office).
Traditional renderings: deck, be (do the office of a, execute the, minister in the) priest('s office).
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders כָּהַן:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
23 total
- Exodus 28:1לְכַהֲנוֹ־ · to serve Me as priests“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.
- Exodus 28:3לְכַהֲנוֹ־ · so that he may serve Me as priestYou 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.
- Exodus 28:4לְכַהֲנוֹ־ · so that they may serve Me as priestsThese 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.
- Exodus 28:41וְכִהֲנ֥וּ · so that they may serve Me as priestsAfter 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.
- Exodus 29:1לְכַהֵ֣ן · to serve Me as priests“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,
- Exodus 29:44לְכַהֵ֥ן · to serve Me as priestsSo I will consecrate the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and I will consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve Me as priests.
- Exodus 30:30לְכַהֵ֥ן · to serve Me as priestsAnoint Aaron and his sons and consecrate them to serve Me as priests.
- Exodus 31:10לְכַהֵֽן׃ · to serve as priests…as well as the woven garments, both the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons to serve as priests,
- Exodus 35:19לְכַהֵֽן׃ · to serve as priests…and 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.”
- Exodus 39:41לְכַהֵֽן׃ · to serve as priests…and 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.
- Exodus 40:13וְכִהֵ֥ן · so that he may serve Me as a priestAnd you are to clothe Aaron with the holy garments, anoint him, and consecrate him, so that he may serve Me as a priest.
- Exodus 40:15וְכִהֲנ֖וּ · so that they may also serve Me as priestsAnoint 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.”
- Leviticus 7:35לְכַהֵ֖ן · as priestsThis 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.
- Leviticus 16:32לְכַהֵ֖ן · to succeedThe priest who is anointed and ordained to succeed his father as high priest shall make atonement. He will put on the sacred linen garments
- Numbers 3:3לְכַהֵֽן׃ · to serve as priestsThese were Aaron’s sons, the anointed priests, who were ordained to serve as priests.
- Numbers 3:4וַיְכַהֵ֤ן · served as priestsNadab 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.
- Deuteronomy 10:6וַיְכַהֵ֛ן · succeeded him as priestThe Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah, where Aaron died and was buried, and Eleazar his son succeeded him as priest.
- 1 Chronicles 6:10כִּהֵ֔ן · served as priestJohanan was the father of Azariah, who served as priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem,
- 1 Chronicles 24:2וַֽיְכַהֲנ֔וּ · served as priestsBut Nadab and Abihu died before their father did, and they had no sons; so Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests.
- 2 Chronicles 11:14מִכַּהֵ֖ן · as priestsFor 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.
- Isaiah 61:10יְכַהֵ֣ן · wears a priestlyI 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.
- Ezekiel 44:13לְכַהֵ֣ן · to serve Me as priestsThey 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.
- Hosea 4:6מִכַּהֵ֣ן · as My priestsMy 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.