H3550 - כְּהֻנָּה (kᵉhunnâh)

H3550 כְּהֻנָּה (kᵉhunnâh) keh-hoon-naw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

priesthood

Strong's Definition

priesthood

Derivation: from H3547 (כָּהַן);

KJV Usage: priesthood, priest's office.

TWOT Reference: 959b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) priesthood

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G2405

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

priesthood

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

כְּהֻנָּה kehûnnâh BDB Definition: 1) priesthood Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H3547 Same Word by TWOT Number: 959b Total KJV Occurrences: 14

Bible Occurrences (12)

29:9 40:15

3:10 16:10 18:1 18:7 25:13

18:7

2:36

2:62

7:64 13:29

Exodus 29:9

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 40:15

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.

Numbers 3:10

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.

Numbers 16:10

He has brought you near, [you] and all your fellow Levites..., but you are seeking the priesthood as well.

Numbers 18:1

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.

Numbers 18:7

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.

Numbers 25:13

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....

Joshua 18:7

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.