Dictionary:כהן/0

כהן

כהן

Part of Speech	Verb
Occurrences
Possible Meanings	Serve as a priest Be adorned
Related Words	כֹּהֵן

Possible Meanings

1. Serve as a priest

• Biblical verses – The vast majority of the occurrences of both the verb כהן and the noun כֹּהֵן refer to a priest who serves either Hashem or an idolatrous god.
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2. Be adorned

• Biblical verses – In Yeshayahu 61:10 yekhahen does not mean to serve as a priest, but rather to be adorned or clothed (perhaps, like a priest). See also Shemuel II 8:18 where the noun כֹּהֵן refers not to a priest but to a different type of distinguished individual.
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Semantic Evolution

Intra-Biblical

Rabbinic Hebrew

Modern Hebrew