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קְהָת H6955
H6955 is the Hebrew word קְהָת, transliterated Qᵉhâth and said keh-hawth'. The King James Version most often renders it kohath.
What it means
Kehath, an Israelite.
Where it comes from
from an unused root meaning to ally oneself; allied.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 32 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: Kohath.
Verses using קְהָת
All 29 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 46:11 · KJV
And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Exodus 6:16 · KJV
And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.
Exodus 6:18 · KJV
And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years.
Numbers 3:17 · KJV
And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
Numbers 3:19 · KJV
And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
Numbers 3:27 · KJV
And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.
Numbers 3:29 · KJV
The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.
Numbers 4:2 · KJV
Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,
Numbers 4:4 · KJV
This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things:
Numbers 4:15 · KJV
And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.
Numbers 7:9 · KJV
But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their shoulders.
Numbers 16:1 · KJV
Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men:
Numbers 26:57 · KJV
And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
Numbers 26:58 · KJV
These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.
Joshua 21:5 · KJV
And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
Joshua 21:20 · KJV
And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.
Joshua 21:26 · KJV
All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.
1 Chronicles 6:1 · KJV
The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chronicles 6:2 · KJV
And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
1 Chronicles 6:16 · KJV
The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chronicles 6:18 · KJV
And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
1 Chronicles 6:22 · KJV
The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,
1 Chronicles 6:38 · KJV
The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
1 Chronicles 6:61 · KJV
And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.
1 Chronicles 6:66 · KJV
And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.
1 Chronicles 6:70 · KJV
And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.
1 Chronicles 15:5 · KJV
Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty:
1 Chronicles 23:6 · KJV
And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chronicles 23:12 · KJV
The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.
Common questions
What does Strong's H6955 mean?
H6955 is the Hebrew word קְהָת (Qᵉhâth), meaning Kehath, an Israelite.
How is H6955 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it kohath (32 times).
How many times does H6955 appear in the Bible?
קְהָת (Qᵉhâth) is tagged in 29 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H6955 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from an unused root meaning to ally oneself; allied.
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