כָּהֵן
kâhên · kaw-hane'
{one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H3548 (כֹּהֵן)
{one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)}
- {one officiating, a priest
- also, (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)}
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: priest.
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 כָּהֵן 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the priests2 · 25%
- the priests2 · 25%
- the priest2 · 25%
- and of his priests1 · 13%
- and of the priests1 · 13%
Where it is used, by book.
- Ezra8
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.