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'.