1. priesthood — The office, role, and function of the priest, encompassing the sacerdotal privileges and responsibilities assigned to the Aaronic/Levitical line. Used of the priesthood as an institution (Exod 29:9; 40:15; Num 16:10; 25:13; Josh 18:7; 1 Sam 2:36; Ezra 2:62; Neh 7:64; 13:29), with various pronominal suffixes (your priesthood, Num 18:1,7; their priesthood, Num 3:10) and in plural (the priesthoods, 1 Sam 2:36). Multilingual glosses uniformly translate as sacerdocio (Spa), kahanah (Arb), Priesthood (Deu/Eng), yajakpad (Hin), jesajik (Kor). 14×
AR["الـ-كَهَنُوتَاتِ","الْكَهَنوتِ","الْكَهَنُوتَ","الْكَهَنُوتِ","كَهانَةٌ","كَهَانَةِ","كَهَانَتِهِمْ","كَهَنوتَ","كَهَنُوتَكُمْ","كَهَنُوتِكُمْ","لِكَهَانَةٍ"]·ben["-যাজকত্ব","-যাজকত্বের","-যাজকত্বের-জন্য","তাদের-যাজকতা","তোমাদের-যাজকত্ব","তোমাদের-যাজকত্বের","যাজকত্ব","যাজকত্বের"]·DE["[הכהנה]","dein-priesthood","der-priesthoods","fuer-priesthood-von","ihr-priesthood","priesthood","priesthood-von"]·EN["for-priesthood-of","priesthood","priesthood-of","the-priesthood","the-priesthoods","their-priesthood","your-priesthood"]·FR["[הכהנה]","le-priesthoods","leur-priesthood","pour-priesthood-de","priesthood","priesthood-de","ton-priesthood"]·heb["ה-כהונות","ה-כהנה","כהונה","כהונת","כהנה","כהנת","כהנתכם","כהנתם","ל-כהונת"]·HI["उनकी-याजकी","तुम्हारी-याजकता","तुम्हारी-याजकता-का","याजक-पद","याजकपद","याजकपन","याजकपन-का","याजकपन-को","याजकाई-के-लिए","याजकीयों"]·ID["imamat","jabatan-keimaman","keimaman","keimaman-itu","keimaman-mereka","keimamatan","keimamatan-kalian","untuk-keimaman"]·IT["il-priesthoods","loro-priesthood","per-priesthood-di","priesthood","priesthood-di","sacerdozio","tuo-priesthood"]·jav["ka-imam-an","kaimaman","kaimaman-panjenengan","kaimaman-piyambakipun-sedaya","kang-kaimaman","kanggé-kaimaman"]·KO["그-제사장직과","그-제사장직의","그-제사직","그-제사직들","그들의-제사직","너희-의-제사직","너희-의-제사직-을","에게-제사장직","제사장직이","제사직-의","제사직을","제사직이"]·PT["o-sacerdócio","os-sacerdócios","para-sacerdócio","sacerdócio","sacerdócio-de","sacerdócio-deles","sacerdócio-vosso"]·RU["для-священства","из-священничеств","священства","священства-вашего","священство","священство-ваше","священство-их"]·ES["el-sacerdocio","el-sacerdocio.","el-sacerdocio?","los-sacerdocios","para-sacerdocio-de","sacerdocio","sacerdocio-de","sacerdocio-de-ellos","vuestro-sacerdocio"]·SW["kwa-ukuhani","ukuhani","ukuhani-wa","ukuhani-wao","ukuhani-wenu","wa-ukuhani-wenu"]·TR["-kâhinliklerden","kahinlik","kahinliklerini","kahinlikten","kohenligi","kâhinliği","kâhinliği-için","kâhinliğin","kâhinliğinizi","kâhinliğinizin"]·urd["ال-کہانت","ان-کی-کہانت","تمہاری-کہانت","تمہاری-کہانت-کا","کہانت","کہانت-کا","کہانت-کی","کہانت-کے-لیے","کہانت-کے-کاموں-میں"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† כְּהֻנָּה n.f. priesthood;—abs. כ׳ Ex 29:9 + 5 times; cstr. כְּהֻנַּת Nu 25:13 + 2 times; sf. כְּהֻנַּתְכֶם Nu 18:1, 7(×2); כְּהֻנָּתָם Nu 3:10; pl. כְּהֻנּוֹת 1 S 2:36.—כהנת יהוה priesthood of י׳, the portion of the Levites Jos 18:7 (D); pl. priest’s offices 1 S 2:36; elsewhere Ex 29:9; 40:15 Nu 3:10; 16:10; 18:1, 7(×2); 25:13 (all P), Ezr 2:62 = Ne 7:64, Ne 13:29(×2).