כְּהֻנָּה
kᵉhunnâh · keh-hoon-naw'
priesthood
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3547 (כָּהַן);
priesthood
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: priesthood, 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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the open hand that covers › to reveal, behold › the seed, life continuing › to reveal, behold
The open hand that covers that works to reveal, behold of the seed, life continuing that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of כְּהֻנָּה 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
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 13 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- priesthood2 · 14%
- your priest's office2 · 14%
- put from the priesthood2 · 14%
- on them: and the priest's office1 · 7%
- their priest's office1 · 7%
- ye the priesthood1 · 7%
- of your priesthood1 · 7%
- you; for the priesthood1 · 7%
- of the priests' offices1 · 7%
- the priesthood1 · 7%
- of the priesthood1 · 7%
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.