H6956 H6956
Kohathite — gentilic noun for a descendant of Kohath, second son of Levi, one of three Levitical clans
Derived from the personal name Kohath (קְהָת), this gentilic adjective identifies members of one of the three major Levitical clans. The Kohathites held the most sacred responsibility among the Levites: carrying the ark and the holy vessels during Israel's wilderness journeys (Num 4:4-15). Their elevated role made proximity to the tabernacle both a privilege and a peril, as the famous warning in Numbers 4:18-20 attests. Spanish renders it 'coatita/quehatita,' while English consistently uses 'Kohathite(s).'
Senses
1. Kohathite (gentilic noun) — A descendant or clan-member of Kohath son of Levi, used with the article as a collective noun for the entire clan. Appears in census lists (Num 26:57), service assignments (Num 4:34-37), and later Levitical genealogies (1 Chr 6:18; 2 Chr 29:12). The Kohathites were tasked with transporting the most holy objects, placing them at the center of Israel's cultic life. 15×
AR["الـ-قَهاتيّ", "القَهَاتِي", "القَهَاتِيِّينَ", "الْقَهَاتِيُّونَ", "الْقَهَاتِيِّ", "الْقَهَاتِيِّينَ", "الْقَهَاتِيّ"]·ben["-কহতীয়দের", "-কহাতীয়দের", "-কহাথীয়দের", "-কহাথীয়রা", "-কহাথীয়ের", "কহাতীয়দের", "কহাথীয়দের", "কহাথীয়র"]·DE["[הקהתי]", "[הקהתים]", "der-Kehatiter"]·EN["the-Kohathite", "the-Kohathites", "the-Qehatim", "the-Qehatite"]·FR["[הקהתי]", "[הקהתים]", "le-Kehathites", "le-Kohathite", "le-Kohathites"]·heb["ה-קהתי", "ה-קהתים"]·HI["-के-कहाती", "कहातियों-के", "कहातियोंके", "कहाती", "कहाती-का", "कहाती-के"]·ID["Kehat", "orang-Kehat", "orang-orang-Kehat"]·IT["Cheatita", "il-Cheatita", "il-Cheatiti", "il-Kohathites"]·jav["Kohat", "Kèhat", "Kéhat", "tiyang-Kohat", "tiyang-Kèhat", "tiyang-Kéhat", "wong-Kohat"]·KO["그-고핗-자손들의", "그-고하-의", "그-고하의", "그-고핫-사람-의", "그-고핫-사람들의", "그-고핫-인", "그-고핫의", "그-고핫인들-이", "그-괜하티의"]·PT["o-Q'hatita", "o-qehatita", "os-coatitas", "os-cohathitas", "os-qehatitas", "os-quehatitas"]·RU["Каатитянина", "Кеата", "Кеати", "Кеатийца", "Кегатитов", "Кегатово", "а-Кеати", "кехатитянина", "кехатяне"]·ES["el-coatita", "el-quehatita", "los-coatitas", "los-qohatítas"]·SW["Wakohathi", "ha-Wakohathi", "hakּhatiym", "za-Wakohathi"]·TR["-Kehatluların", "-Kehatlı'nın", "Kehatilerin", "Kehatlılar", "Kehatlıların", "Kehatlıların-"]·urd["قہات-کے", "قہاتی", "قہاتی-کا", "قہاتی-کے", "قہاتیوں-کا", "قہاتیوں-کے"]
Num 3:27, Num 3:30, Num 4:18, Num 4:34, Num 4:37, Num 10:21, Num 26:57, Josh 21:4, Josh 21:10, 1 Chr 6:33, 1 Chr 6:54, 1 Chr 9:32 (+3 more)
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† קְהָתִי adj.gent. of foreg., c. art. הַקּ׳ as subst. coll.: הַקּ׳ (-וֹת) מִשְׁפַּחַת Nu 26:57 + 8 times; בְּנֵי הַקּ׳ Nu 4:34; 1 Ch 6:18; 2 Ch 29:12; pl. הַקְּהָתִים Nu 10:21 and בְּנֵי הַקּ׳ 2 Ch 20:19; 34:12.—Van d. H. has הַקֳּהָתִי(ם) Nu 3:27; 10:21 + 6 times