Original Language Studio
Exodus 2:16
“Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
כֹּהֵןkôhên · ko-hane'
H3548 · Hebrew
H3548 · Hebrew
- Definition
- literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
- Derivation
- active participle of H3547 (כָּהַן);
- KJV renderings
- chief ruler, [idiom] own, priest, prince, principal officer.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- לְ — preposition
- כֹהֵ֥ן — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 750 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 14:18Genesis 41:45Genesis 41:50Genesis 46:20Genesis 47:22
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read כֹּהֵן here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.