Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
priesthood
Usage: priesthood
Strong's Number
H3550
Language
Hebrew
Linked Usages
12
Books
6
Strong's H3550 Quick Answer
Strong's H3550 כְּהוּנָּה (khunnah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. khunnah (keh-hoon-naw') n-f. 1. priesthood [from H3547] It has 12 linked Bible usages across 6 books. Visible English usage signals include priesthood and priest's. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
- Meaning
- khunnah (keh-hoon-naw') n-f. 1. priesthood [from H3547]
- Usage
- 12 linked usages
- Books
- 6 indexed books
- Corpus
- Old Testament
- Usage Words
- priesthood and priest's
Meaning and Definition
khunnah (keh-hoon-naw') n-f. 1. priesthood [from H3547] KJV: priesthood, priest's office. Root(s): H3547
Across Lexicons
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3550. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
How Strong's H3550 Is Translated
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render khunnah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
priesthood
Exodus 40:15
8×
priest's
Exodus 29:9
3×
How Strong's H3550 Usage Compares
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
- The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 12 linked usages.
- The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.
Strong's H3550 by Corpus
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
Strong's H3550 in the Old Testament
12 indexed usages in Old Testament.
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.
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.
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.
Usage Excerpts
First 12 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3550.
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.
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.
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.
And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also?
And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.
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.
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.
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.
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.
These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.
These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood.
Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites.
All Indexed Usage Links
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3550, grouped by book.
Exodus 2 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 5 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Old Testament
Nehemiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Strong's H3550 FAQ
What does kehunnah (כְּהֻנָּה) mean?
Kehunnah (Strong's H3550) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "priesthood". khunnah (keh-hoon-naw') n-f. 1. priesthood [from H3547]
How many times is kehunnah (כְּהֻנָּה) used in the Bible?
This page currently indexes 12 linked usages for Strong's H3550 across 6 books.
Where can I study kehunnah (כְּהֻנָּה) in context?
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3550 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
What English words translate kehunnah (כְּהֻנָּה)?
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as priesthood and priest's. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.