כֹּהֵן
kōhēn
priest
Strong's H3548NounHebrewTWOT 959aLeadership

כֹּהֵן (kōhēn) is a Hebrew noun meaning priest. It appears 750 times in 29 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3548).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 959a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 959a)priest; officiating, acting priest; chief ruler, prince, principal officer
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

כֹּהֵן noun, masculine: priest

Strong's H3548 כֹּהֵן: literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
KJV:chief ruler, × own, priest, prince, principal officer.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 959: כָּהַן kāhan — act as priest; officiate, put on regalia; deck, be priest

See it in Scripture

Genesis 14:18Exodus 2:16Leviticus 1:5

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