Hebrew noun (feminine) · H3550
כְּהֻנָּה
kehunnahkeh-hoon-naw'
priesthood
14 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: kᵉhunnâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3550is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 13spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3550
priesthood
The King James renders it: priesthood, priest's office.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
kehunnah is rendered "priesthood". It stands 14 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Six of the uses stand in Numbers, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 29:9Wrap the sashes around Aaron and his sons and tie headbands on them. The priesthood shall be theirs by a permanent statute. In this way you are to ordain Aaron and his sons.
- The Greek text spells it thirteen different ways.
The first use
Wrap the sashes around Aaron and his sons and tie headbands on them. The priesthood shall be theirs by a permanent statute. In this way you are to ordain Aaron and his sons.
Exodus 29:9כְּהֻנָּ֖ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- the priesthood4
- priesthood your3
- priesthood2
- priesthood of2
- into a priesthood of1
- priesthood their1
- the priesthoods1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| כְּהַל | kehal | be able | Uses4 |
The words it stands beside
All 14, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
13 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הַכְּהֻנָּֽה׃2
- הַכְּהֻנָּ֔ה1
- הַכְּהֻנָּ֖ה1
- הַכְּהֻנּ֖וֹת1
- כְּהֻנָּ֖ה1
- כְּהֻנָּֽה׃1
- כְהֻנַּ֥ת1
- כְּהֻנַּ֣ת1
- כְּהֻנַּתְכֶ֜ם1
- כְּהֻנַּתְכֶ֔ם1
- כְּהֻנַּתְכֶֽם׃1
- כְּהֻנָּתָ֑ם1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular4HTd/Ncfsa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural3HNcfsc/Sp2mp
- noun · feminine singular2HNcfsa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HNcfsc
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HNcfsc/Sp3mp
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HR/Ncfsc
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine plural1HTd/Ncfpa
Exodus
two uses
Wrap the sashes around Aaron and his sons and tie headbands on them. The priesthood shall be theirs by a permanent statute. In this way you are to ordain Aaron and his sons.
- כְּהֻנָּ֖הkehunahnoun · feminine singulartagged: priesthood
Anoint them just as you anointed their father, so that they may also serve Me as priests. Their anointing will qualify them for a permanent priesthood throughout their generations.”
- לִכְהֻנַּ֥תlikhhunatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: into a priesthood of
Numbers
six uses
So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out the duties of the priesthood; but any outsider who approaches the tabernacle must be put to death.”
- כְּהֻנָּתָ֑םkehunatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: priesthood their
He has brought you near, you and all your fellow Levites, but you are seeking the priesthood as well.
- כְּהֻנָּֽה׃kehunahnoun · feminine singulartagged: priesthood
So the LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your father’s house must bear the iniquity involving the sanctuary. And you and your sons alone must bear the iniquity involving your priesthood.
- כְּהֻנַּתְכֶֽם׃kehunatkhemnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: priesthood your
But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but any outsider who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death.”
- כְּהֻנַּתְכֶ֜םkehunatkhemnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: priesthood your
- כְּהֻנַּתְכֶ֔םkehunatkhemnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: priesthood your
It will be a covenant of permanent priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”
- כְּהֻנַּ֣תkehunatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: priesthood of
Joshua
one use
The Levites, however, have no portion among you, because their inheritance is the priesthood of the LORD. And Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already received the inheritance that Moses the servant of the LORD gave them beyond the Jordan to the east.”
- כְהֻנַּ֥תkhehunatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: priesthood of
1 Samuel
one use
And everyone left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a morsel of bread, pleading, “Please appoint me to some priestly office so that I can eat a piece of bread.”’”
- הַכְּהֻנּ֖וֹתhakehunotthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine pluraltagged: the priesthoods
Ezra
one use
These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
- הַכְּהֻנָּֽה׃hakehunahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the priesthood
Nehemiah
three uses
These men searched for their family records, but they could not find them and so were excluded from the priesthood as unclean.
- הַכְּהֻנָּֽה׃hakehunahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the priesthood
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.
- הַכְּהֻנָּ֔הhakehunahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the priesthood
- הַכְּהֻנָּ֖הhakehunahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the priesthood
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.