כָּהַן
kâhan · kaw-han'
to officiate as a priest; figuratively, to put on regalia
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root, apparently meaning to mediate in religious services; but used only as denominative from H3548 (כֹּהֵן);
to officiate as a priest; figuratively, to put on regalia
- to officiate as a priest
- figuratively, to put on regalia
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: deck, be (do the office of a, execute the, minister in the) priest('s office).
Letters
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › to reveal, behold › the seed, life continuing
The open hand that covers that works to reveal, behold of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כָּהַן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
23 occurrences · 23 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to minister in the priest's office5 · 22%
- that he may minister unto me in the priest's office2 · 9%
- them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office2 · 9%
- ministered in the priest's office2 · 9%
- him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office1 · 4%
- them, to minister unto me in the priest's office1 · 4%
- to minister to me in the priest's office1 · 4%
- him; that he may minister unto me in the priest's office1 · 4%
- that they may minister unto me in the priest's office1 · 4%
- in the priest's office1 · 4%
- it is that executed the priest's office1 · 4%
- executed the priest's office1 · 4%
- from executing the priest's office1 · 4%
- decketh1 · 4%
- unto me, to do the office of a priest1 · 4%
- thee, that thou shalt be no priest1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.