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In the Old Testament, priests were responsible for performing sacrifices, maintaining the sanctuary, and teaching the law. The role of the priest was central to the religious life of Israel, as they facilitated the people's worship and atonement before God.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Israel, the priesthood was established by God through the line of Aaron, the brother of Moses, as recorded in the book of Exodus. The Levitical priesthood was tasked with the spiritual leadership of the nation, including the offering of sacrifices and the maintenance of the Tabernacle, and later the Temple. The high priest held a unique position, entering the Holy of Holies once a year on the Day of Atonement to make atonement for the sins of the people. The priesthood was a hereditary office, passed down through the descendants of Aaron.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>(Aramaic) corresponding to <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm">kohen</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>priest<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>priest (2), priests (6).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>priest <p>(Aramaic) corresponding to <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm">kohen</a> -- priest. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm">kohen</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>וְכָֽהֲנַיָּא֙ וְכָהֲנ֣וֹהִי וכהנוהי וכהניא כָ֠הֲנָא כָּהֲנַיָּ֣א כָּהֲנַיָּ֤א כָּהֲנַיָּ֨א כָהֲנַיָּ֜א כָהֲנָ֜ה כהנא כהנה כהניא Chahana chahaNah chahanaiYa ḵā·hă·nā ḵā·hă·nāh kā·hă·nay·yā ḵā·hă·nay·yā ḵāhănā ḵāhănāh kahanaiYa kāhănayyā ḵāhănayyā vechahanaiYa vechahaNohi wə·ḵā·hă·nay·yā wə·ḵā·hă·nō·w·hî wəḵāhănayyā wəḵāhănōwhî<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/ezra/6-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 6:9</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/6.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וּמְשַׁ֗ח כְּמֵאמַ֨ר <b> כָּהֲנַיָּ֤א </b> דִי־ בִירֽוּשְׁלֶם֙</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and anointing oil, <span class="itali">as the priests</span> in Jerusalem<br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> according to the appointment <span class="itali">of the priests</span> which [are] at Jerusalem,<br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/6-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and anointing request <span class="itali">as the priests</span> in Jerusalem<p><b><a href="/text/ezra/6-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 6:16</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/6.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">בְנֵֽי־ יִ֠שְׂרָאֵל <b> כָּהֲנַיָּ֨א </b> וְלֵוָיֵ֜א וּשְׁאָ֣ר</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of Israel, <span class="itali">the priests,</span> the Levites<br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of Israel, <span class="itali">the priests,</span> and the Levites,<br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/6-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and the sons of Israel <span class="itali">the priests</span> the Levites and the rest<p><b><a href="/text/ezra/6-18.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 6:18</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/6.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> וַהֲקִ֨ימוּ <b> כָהֲנַיָּ֜א </b> בִּפְלֻגָּתְה֗וֹן וְלֵוָיֵא֙</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/6.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Then they appointed <span class="itali">the priests</span> to their divisions<br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/6.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> And they set <span class="itali">the priests</span> in their divisions,<br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/6-18.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> appointed <span class="itali">the priests</span> to their divisions and the Levites<p><b><a href="/text/ezra/7-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 7:12</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/7.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מַלְכַיָּ֑א לְעֶזְרָ֣א <b> כָ֠הֲנָא </b> סָפַ֨ר דָּתָ֜א</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to Ezra <span class="itali">the priest,</span> the scribe<br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> unto Ezra <span class="itali">the priest,</span> a scribe<br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/7-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of kings to Ezra <span class="itali">the priest</span> the scribe of the law<p><b><a href="/text/ezra/7-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 7:13</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/7.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עַמָּ֨ה יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל <b> וְכָהֲנ֣וֹהִי </b> וְלֵוָיֵ֗א לִמְהָ֧ךְ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of Israel <span class="itali">and their priests</span> and the Levites<br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of Israel, <span class="itali">and [of] his priests</span> and Levites,<br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/7-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> of the people of Israel <span class="itali">and their priests</span> and the Levites up<p><b><a href="/text/ezra/7-16.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 7:16</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/7.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">הִתְנַדָּב֨וּת עַמָּ֤א <b> וְכָֽהֲנַיָּא֙ </b> מִֽתְנַדְּבִ֔ין לְבֵ֥ית</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of the people <span class="itali">and of the priests,</span> who offered willingly<br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of the people, <span class="itali">and of the priests,</span> offering willingly<br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/7-16.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the freewill of the people <span class="itali">the priests</span> offering the house<p><b><a href="/text/ezra/7-21.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 7:21</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/7.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">יִ֠שְׁאֲלֶנְכוֹן עֶזְרָ֨א <b> כָהֲנָ֜ה </b> סָפַ֤ר דָּתָא֙</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Ezra <span class="itali">the priest,</span> the scribe<br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> that whatsoever Ezra <span class="itali">the priest,</span> the scribe<br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/7-21.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> may require Ezra <span class="itali">the priest</span> the scribe of the law<p><b><a href="/text/ezra/7-24.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ezra 7:24</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/7.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">דִּ֣י כָל־ <b> כָּהֲנַיָּ֣א </b> וְ֠לֵוָיֵא זַמָּ֨רַיָּ֤א</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ezra/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> [on] any <span class="itali">of the priests,</span> Levites,<br><a href="/kjvs/ezra/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> you, that touching any <span class="itali">of the priests</span> and Levites,<br><a href="/interlinear/ezra/7-24.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> forasmuch any <span class="itali">of the priests</span> Levites singers<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3549.htm">8 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3549.htm">Strong's Hebrew 3549<br>8 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/chahana_3549.htm">ḵā·hă·nā — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/chahanah_3549.htm">ḵā·hă·nāh — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/chahanaiya_3549.htm">ḵā·hă·nay·yā — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/kahanaiya_3549.htm">kā·hă·nay·yā — 3 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vechahanaiya_3549.htm">wə·ḵā·hă·nay·yā — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vechahanohi_3549.htm">wə·ḵā·hă·nō·w·hî — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" 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