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Strong's H6955 קְהָת (qehath)

Qehath means “Kohath” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H6955
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 29
Books 5

Strong's H6955 Quick Answer

Strong's H6955 קְהָת (Qhath) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Qhath (keh-hawth') n/p. 1. allied 2. Kehath, an Israelite It has 29 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include kohath. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
Qhath (keh-hawth') n/p. 1. allied 2. Kehath, an Israelite
Usage
29 linked usages
Books
5 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
kohath

Meaning and Definition

Qhath (keh-hawth') n/p. 1. allied 2. Kehath, an Israelite [from an unused root meaning to ally oneself] KJV: Kohath.

Original Word
קְהָת
Transliteration
Qhath
Morphology
name

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H6955. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

Kohath

Usage: A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.11; son of: Levi (H3878); brother of: Gershon (H1648), Merari (H4847) and Jochebed (H3115); father of: Amram (H6019), Izhar (H3324), Hebron (H2275B) and Uzziel (H5816) Also named: qo.ha.ti (קְהָתִי "Kohathite" H6956) § Kohath = "assembly" the 2nd of the 3 sons of Levi and progenitor of a family in the tribe of Levi

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How Strong's H6955 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Qhath, 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.

Kohath Genesis 46:11 29×

How Strong's H6955 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 29 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H6955 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 H6955 in the Old Testament

29 indexed usages in Old Testament.

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.

Usage Excerpts

First 29 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6955.

Genesis 46:11 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
Exodus 6:16 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari.
Numbers 3:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
Numbers 3:27 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward.
Numbers 4:2 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained.
1 Chronicles 6:1 Old Testament, KJV
The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chronicles 6:2 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
1 Chronicles 6:16 Old Testament, KJV
The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chronicles 6:18 Old Testament, KJV
And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.
1 Chronicles 6:22 Old Testament, KJV
The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,
1 Chronicles 6:38 Old Testament, KJV
The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel.
1 Chronicles 6:61 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty:
1 Chronicles 23:6 Old Testament, KJV
And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
1 Chronicles 23:12 Old Testament, KJV
The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H6955, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Old Testament
Exodus 2 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 11 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 12 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H6955 FAQ

What does qehath (קְהָת) mean?

Qehath (Strong's H6955) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Kohath". Qhath (keh-hawth') n/p. 1. allied 2. Kehath, an Israelite

How many times is qehath (קְהָת) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 29 linked usages for Strong's H6955 across 5 books.

Where can I study qehath (קְהָת) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6955 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate qehath (קְהָת)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as kohath. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.