Strong's H3548 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: כֹּהֵן (kôhên)

Pronunciation: ko-hane'

Morphology: n-m

Derivation: active participle of כָּהַן (kâhan) [H3547];

Definition: literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)

KJV Renderings: chief ruler, [idiom] own, priest, prince, principal officer.

Senses

1. priest, principal officer or chief ruler
1. priest-king (Melchizedek, Messiah)
2. pagan priests
3. priests of Jehovah
4. Levitical priests
5. Zadokite priests
6. Aaronic priests
7. the high priest

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.