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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69 occurrences in 57 verses.
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Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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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
Open full H3549 profile →כָּמָר
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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G2409
And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,
G749
And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them.
G749
Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow.
G2409
And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
G749
And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.
G749
But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests?
G749
And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so.
G749
On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them.
G749
And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.
G749
About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgment against him.
G749
Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them.
G749
Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
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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