Etymology?:
active participle of kāhan כָּהַן ‘to minister’
Roots:
כהן
kōhēn n, m
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
Mentioned in Genesis 47:22, 47:26, 41:45, 41:50, 46:20, 14:18 Exodus 2:16, 29:30, 19:24, 31:10, 35:19, 38:21, 39:41, 3:1, 19:6, 19:22, 18:1 Codex Leviticus 16:32, 21:9, 22:13, 14:40, 13:2, 13:9, 13:19, 13:43, 13:49, 1:5, 3:2, 4:5, 4:7, 4:16, 6:19, 12:6, 14:11, 14:23, 15:14, 15:29, 16:33, 17:5, 17:6, 1:7, 1:8, 1:11, 2:2, 7:31, 7:34, 21:1, 21:21, 5:6, 12:8, 13:16, 13:30, 13:53, 13:55, 13:56, 14:4, 2:9, 2:16, 5:12, 14:14, 14:17, 14:25, 14:28, 21:10, 5:13, 5:26, 7:7, 7:14, 14:5, 14:12, 14:31, 15:15, 15:30, 27:21, 13:7, 14:19, 14:36, 14:48, 27:18, 5:16, 5:18, 5:25, 19:22, 13:4, 13:21, 13:26, 13:31, 13:32, 13:34, 7:8, 13:44, 22:12, 22:14, 27:14, 6:3, 6:16, 6:22, 7:6, 22:10, 22:11, 1:15, 2:8, 4:25, 4:30, 4:34, 5:8, 14:2, 14:3, 14:38, 23:10, 4:3, 13:12, 13:22, 13:23, 13:27, 13:28, 13:37, 27:8, 27:11, 14:35, 7:9, 4:6, 4:17, 14:16, 14:27, 1:12, 1:17, 6:5, 1:9, 1:13, 3:11, 3:16, 4:35, 7:5, 14:13, 14:24, 4:10, 4:20, 4:31, 5:10, 13:54, 14:18, 14:29, 4:26, 6:15, 7:32, 13:3, 13:6, 13:13, 13:15, 13:17, 13:25, 13:33, 13:50, 14:20, 23:11, 23:20, 27:12, 27:23, 13:39, 14:44, 14:39, 13:36, 13:10, 13:11, 13:8, 13:20, 13:5, 14:15, 14:26 Numbers 31:26, 32:28, 4:28, 4:33, 6:10, 19:4, 27:2, 31:54, 3:3, 3:6, 3:32, 4:16, 7:8, 10:8, 17:2, 18:28, 25:7, 25:11, 26:1, 26:64, 33:38, 5:30, 27:21, 19:6, 5:26, 6:11, 6:19, 35:28, 6:20, 19:7, 5:8, 6:17, 5:15, 5:10, 5:19, 34:17, 5:17, 5:23, 5:25, 19:3, 31:12, 31:13, 31:21, 32:2, 35:25, 35:32, 5:21, 26:63, 17:4, 26:3, 27:19, 27:22, 31:6, 31:29, 31:31, 31:41, 31:51, 5:18, 15:25, 5:9, 5:16, 6:16, 15:28 Deuteronomy 26:3, 17:12, 19:17, 18:1, 17:9, 20:2, 27:9, 31:9, 21:5, 26:4, 18:3, 24:8, 17:18 Joshua 14:1, 17:4, 19:51, 21:1, 4:3, 4:9, 3:13, 3:14, 21:4, 21:13, 21:19, 20:6, 22:31, 8:33, 3:3, 6:8, 6:9, 6:13, 3:6, 4:10, 4:18, 6:6, 6:16, 22:13, 22:32, 22:30, 3:8, 4:17, 3:15, 3:17, 4:11, 4:16, 6:4, 6:12 Judges 17:10, 18:19, 17:5, 18:17, 18:4, 18:18, 18:24, 17:13, 18:6, 18:20, 18:30, 18:27, 17:12 1 Samuel 2:28, 22:11, 22:17, 22:21, 23:9, 30:7, 22:18, 2:14, 14:36, 14:3, 21:2, 21:3, 1:9, 21:10, 21:5, 1:3, 2:13, 2:15, 22:19, 14:19, 2:11, 21:6, 21:7, 2:35, 6:2, 5:5 2 Samuel 17:15, 8:17, 15:27, 15:35, 19:12, 20:25, 8:18, 20:26 1 Kings 2:26, 2:22, 1:7, 1:19, 1:25, 1:42, 2:27, 2:35, 4:4, 13:2, 1:8, 1:39, 8:4, 13:33, 8:6, 4:2, 1:32, 1:34, 1:26, 8:3, 1:45, 12:31, 12:32, 1:38, 1:44, 8:10, 8:11, 4:5 2 Kings 10:19, 23:20, 23:24, 16:10, 16:11, 16:15, 16:16, 12:9, 23:2, 23:9, 10:11, 12:10, 17:27, 17:28, 22:12, 22:14, 11:15, 12:8, 11:9, 12:5, 12:6, 23:8, 19:2, 22:4, 22:8, 22:10, 12:11, 11:18, 12:17, 11:10, 12:3, 23:4, 12:7, 17:32, 25:18 Isaiah 24:2, 8:2, 61:6, 37:2, 28:7, 66:21 Jeremiah 4:9, 18:18, 5:31, 23:33, 48:7, 26:11, 29:29, 2:8, 8:10, 26:16, 23:34, 29:26, 32:32, 33:18, 27:16, 13:13, 14:18, 21:1, 26:8, 28:1, 28:5, 29:1, 29:25, 37:3, 20:1, 26:7, 19:1, 1:18, 1:1, 34:19, 8:1, 52:24, 31:14, 33:21, 2:26, 23:11, 6:13, 49:3 Ezekiel 7:26, 43:19, 43:27, 44:15, 46:2, 42:14, 42:13, 44:31, 1:3, 40:45, 40:46, 44:21, 44:30, 45:19, 46:19, 46:20, 48:10, 44:22, 48:13, 45:4, 48:11, 43:24, 22:26 Hosea 5:1, 4:4, 6:9, 4:9 Joel 1:9, 2:17, 1:13 Amos 7:10 Micah 3:11 Zephaniah 3:4, 1:4 Haggai 1:1, 2:12, 2:2, 2:13, 1:12, 1:14, 2:11, 2:4 Zechariah 3:8, 7:3, 7:5, 3:1, 6:13, 6:11 Malachi 1:6, 2:1, 2:7 Psalms 99:6, 78:64, 110:4, 132:9, 132:16 Job 12:19 Lamentations 1:4, 2:20, 1:19, 2:6, 4:13, 4:16 Ezra 1:5, 3:12, 8:29, 9:7, 10:16, 7:5, 8:15, 2:69, 8:33, 2:63, 3:2, 3:8, 6:20, 8:24, 10:18, 7:7, 9:1, 10:10, 8:30, 3:10, 7:11, 2:61, 10:5, 2:36, 2:70 Nehemiah 7:69, 8:13, 9:32, 9:34, 10:35, 12:12, 12:22, 8:9, 10:38, 10:39, 12:44, 13:13, 7:65, 3:1, 12:7, 8:2, 11:3, 3:20, 3:22, 3:28, 11:20, 13:30, 10:29, 10:40, 10:9, 12:1, 12:26, 10:37, 13:4, 12:41, 13:28, 7:71, 10:1, 5:12, 2:16, 12:35, 7:63, 12:30, 13:5, 7:39, 7:72, 11:10 1 Chronicles 24:6, 24:31, 18:16, 15:11, 13:2, 16:39, 9:2, 29:22, 15:14, 15:24, 16:6, 28:21, 27:5, 23:2, 28:13, 9:30, 9:10 2 Chronicles 8:14, 13:12, 19:8, 31:17, 17:8, 5:5, 13:9, 13:10, 26:18, 29:21, 31:19, 35:14, 8:15, 34:30, 5:12, 29:34, 31:15, 13:14, 22:11, 23:14, 26:17, 29:22, 5:11, 23:8, 30:16, 31:2, 31:10, 23:6, 5:7, 7:2, 24:11, 26:20, 34:9, 5:14, 6:41, 15:3, 23:9, 24:5, 24:20, 35:8, 30:24, 29:24, 31:4, 34:18, 19:11, 29:4, 30:3, 30:15, 30:25, 7:6, 11:13, 11:15, 23:4, 23:18, 29:16, 35:18, 36:14, 4:6, 23:17, 24:25, 30:21, 30:27, 34:5, 34:14, 26:19, 35:2, 4:9, 29:26, 31:9, 35:11, 24:2, 35:10