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כְּהֻנָּה H3550
H3550 is the Hebrew word כְּהֻנָּה, transliterated kᵉhunnâh and said keh-hoon-naw'. The King James Version most often renders it priest's office.
What it means
priesthood.
Where it comes from
from H3547 (כָּהַן).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 10 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: priesthood, priest's office.
Verses using כְּהֻנָּה
All 8 verses, quoted in full.
Exodus 29:9 · KJV
And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest’s office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons.
Exodus 40:15 · KJV
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 shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.
Numbers 3:10 · KJV
And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest’s office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
Numbers 18:7 · KJV
Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest’s office for everything of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest’s office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
Numbers 25:13 · KJV
And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.
Joshua 18:7 · KJV
But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them.
1 Samuel 2:36 · KJV
And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests’ offices, that I may eat a piece of bread.
Nehemiah 13:29 · KJV
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
Common questions
What does Strong's H3550 mean?
H3550 is the Hebrew word כְּהֻנָּה (kᵉhunnâh), meaning priesthood.
How is H3550 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it priest's office (4 times), priesthood (4 times), you for the priesthood (1 time), priests' offices (1 time).
How many times does H3550 appear in the Bible?
כְּהֻנָּה (kᵉhunnâh) is tagged in 8 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H3550 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H3547 (כָּהַן).
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