Genesis 47:22
Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.
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Priests
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Revelation 20:6
Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
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כֹּהֵן
kôhên · ko-hane'
306 times translated as this KJV form750 total Strong's occurrences
literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
Strong's KJV usage: chief ruler, × own, priest, prince, principal officer.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 47:22Strong's last: Malachi 2:1
Open full H3548 profile →ἀρχιερεύς
archiereús · ar-khee-er-yuce'
68 times translated as this KJV form125 total Strong's occurrences
the high-priest (literally, of the Jews, typically, Christ); by extension a chief priest
Strong's KJV usage: :--chief (high) priest, chief of the priests.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 2:4Strong's last: Hebrews 7:28
Open full G749 profile →ἱερεύς
hiereús · hee-er-yooce'
15 times translated as this KJV form33 total Strong's occurrences
a priest (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--(high) priest.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 12:4Strong's last: Revelation 20:6
Open full G2409 profile →כָּהֵן
kâhên · kaw-hane'
6 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
Strong's KJV usage: priest.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ezra 6:9Strong's last: Ezra 7:24
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kâmâr · kaw-mawr'
2 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
properly, an ascetic (as if shrunk with self-maceration), i.e. an idolatrous priest (only in plural)
Strong's KJV usage: Chemarims (idolatrous) priests.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Kings 23:5Strong's last: Hosea 10:5
Open full H3649 profile →כְּהֻנָּה
kᵉhunnâh · keh-hoon-naw'
1 times translated as this KJV form14 total Strong's occurrences
priesthood
Strong's KJV usage: priesthood, priest's office.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 2:36Strong's last: 1 Samuel 2:36
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H3548
Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.
H3548
And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin,
H3548
And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices.
H3548
And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us:
H3548
And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
H3548
So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.
H3548
And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
H3548
Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God.
H3548
And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon,
H3548
And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
H3548
And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites.
H3548
And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar.
H3548
These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren.
H3548
Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the vessels of service in the house of the LORD.
H3548
And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even they shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing skilful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment.
English meaning and historical usage.
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priest
PRIEST, noun [Latin proestes, a chief, one that presides; proe, before, and sto, to stand, or sisto.]
1. A man who officiates in sacred offices. Among pagans, priests were persons whose appropriate business was to offer sacrifices and perform other sacred rites of religion. In primitive ages, the fathers of families, princes and kings were priests. Thus Cain and Abel, Noah, Abraham, Melchizedek, Job, Isaac and Jacob offered their own sacrifices. In the days of Moses, the office of priest was restricted to the tribe of Levi, and the priesthood consisted of three orders, the high priest the priests, and the Levites, and the office was made hereditary in the family of Aaron.
Every priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins. Hebrews 5:1.
2. In the modern church, a person who is set apart or consecrated to the ministry of the gospel; a man in orders or licensed to preach the gospel; a presbyter. In its most general sense, the word includes archbishops, bishops, patriarchs, and all subordinate orders of the clergy, duly approved and licensed according to the forms and rules of each respective denomination of christians; as all these orders 'are ordained for men in things pertaining to God.' But in Great Britain, the word is understood to denote the subordinate orders of the clergy, above a deacon and below a bishop. In the United States, the word denotes any licensed minister of the gospel.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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