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单词 kohen
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Definition of kohen in English:

kohen

(also cohen)
nounPlural cohens, Plural kohanimkɔɪnˈkɒhɛnˈkōhān
Judaism
  • A member of the priestly caste, having certain rights and duties in the synagogue.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Some maintain that Elijah is a kohen, who will serve as the High Priest in the days of the Messiah, in the Third Temple.
    • In fact, the High Priest, whose role it was to preserve peace among the Jews and between God and His children below, was called a kohen.
    • It includes ritual handwashing of the kohanim by the levites.
    • If a cohen raises a boy as his son, the boy will not have the privileges nor the constraints of the priesthood.
    • The elder of the town, Mattathias, who is a cohen, that is of the priestly class, refuses.

Origin

From Hebrew, literally 'priest'.

 
 

Definition of kohen in US English:

kohen

(also cohen)
nounˈkōhān
Judaism
  • A member of the priestly class, having certain rights and duties in the synagogue.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The elder of the town, Mattathias, who is a cohen, that is of the priestly class, refuses.
    • Some maintain that Elijah is a kohen, who will serve as the High Priest in the days of the Messiah, in the Third Temple.
    • It includes ritual handwashing of the kohanim by the levites.
    • If a cohen raises a boy as his son, the boy will not have the privileges nor the constraints of the priesthood.
    • In fact, the High Priest, whose role it was to preserve peace among the Jews and between God and His children below, was called a kohen.

Origin

From Hebrew, literally ‘priest’.

 
 
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