# כָּהַן (kahan)

Israeli respelling: ka-han. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H3547. 23 Old Testament occurrences.

to officiate as a priest; figuratively, to put on regalia

King James renderings: deck, be (do the office of a, execute the, minister in the) priest('s office).

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/kahan-h3547

## Occurrences

- [Exodus 28:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/28/1) — And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the pr…
- [Exodus 28:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/28/3) — And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron’s garments to c…
- [Exodus 28:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/28/4) — And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and…
- [Exodus 28:41](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/28/41) — And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that…
- [Exodus 29:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/29/1) — And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest’s office: Take one young bullock, and…
- [Exodus 29:44](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/29/44) — And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in t…
- [Exodus 30:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/30/30) — And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office.
- [Exodus 31:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/31/10) — And the cloths of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest’s office,
- [Exodus 35:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/35/19) — The cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister i…
- [Exodus 39:41](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/39/41) — The cloths of service to do service in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons’ garments, to minister in t…
- [Exodus 40:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/40/13) — And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the priest’s office.
- [Exodus 40:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/40/15) — And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest’s office: for their anointing s…
- [Leviticus 7:35](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/7/35) — This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons, out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, in the day…
- [Leviticus 16:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/leviticus/16/32) — And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest’s office in his father’s stead, shall make the…
- [Numbers 3:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/3/3) — These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest’s office.
- [Numbers 3:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/numbers/3/4) — And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no child…
- [Deuteronomy 10:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/10/6) — And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried;…
- [1 Chronicles 6:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/6/10) — And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest’s office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:)
- [1 Chronicles 24:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/24/2) — But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest’s office.
- [2 Chronicles 11:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/11/14) — For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from…
- [Isaiah 61:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/61/10) — I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath cover…
- [Ezekiel 44:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/44/13) — And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy pla…
- [Hosea 4:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/4/6) — My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest…