Kohen

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Hebrew-language surname Jewish priestly title

Kohen is a variant spelling of "Cohen," referring to a member of the Jewish priestly class traditionally descended from Aaron.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Hebrew Kohen 1
Kohanim 1
Kohanim (priests) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hebrew-language surname ⓘ
Jewish priestly title ⓘ
associatedWithConcept priestly blessing ⓘ
priestly lineage ⓘ
associatedWithTribe Tribe of Levi NERFINISHED ⓘ
biblicalAssociation House of Aaron NERFINISHED ⓘ
category Hebrew-language surnames ⓘ
Jewish families ⓘ
Jewish religious titles ⓘ
distinctFrom Levi (non-priestly Levite) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Yisrael (non-Levite Jew) NERFINISHED ⓘ
etymologicallyRelatedTo Cohen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kohanim NERFINISHED ⓘ
genderRequirementTraditional male ⓘ
hebrewSpelling כֹּהֵן ⓘ
hereditaryStatus yes ⓘ
honorInSynagogue called first to the Torah ⓘ
performs first handwashing at ritual meals in some customs ⓘ
languageOfOrigin Hebrew ⓘ
literalMeaning priest ⓘ
marriageRestrictions prohibited to marry a convert under traditional Jewish law ⓘ
prohibited to marry a divorcee under traditional Jewish law ⓘ
mentionedIn Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible
pluralFormHebrew Kohanim NERFINISHED ⓘ
כֹּהֲנִים ⓘ
presentInCommunities Ashkenazi Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mizrahi Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sephardi Jews NERFINISHED ⓘ
purityRestrictions restrictions on contact with the dead ⓘ
recognizedBy rabbinic Judaism ⓘ
refersTo member of the Jewish priestly class ⓘ
religiousFunctionContemporary Pidyon haben ceremony NERFINISHED ⓘ
Priestly Blessing in synagogue ⓘ
religiousFunctionHistorical Temple service in Jerusalem ⓘ
offering sacrifices ⓘ
performing blessings ⓘ
religiousLawSource Torah commandments regarding priests ⓘ
religiousTradition Judaism ⓘ
requiresLineageProofInOrthodoxPractice yes ⓘ
roleIn Jewish religious life ⓘ
statusInHalakha special personal-status category ⓘ
statusTransmission patrilineal ⓘ
surnameVariant Kagan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kahane NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kogan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kohane NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kohn NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalDescentFrom Aaron NERFINISHED ⓘ
variantSpellingOf Cohen NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kagan → isRelatedTo → Kohen ⓘ
Kagan → isTransliterationOf → Kohen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hebrew Kohen
Tamid → mentions → Kohen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kohanim (priests)
Yom Kippur incense offering → performedBy → Kohen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kohen Gadol
Terumah → recipientClass → Kohen ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kohanim
Cohen → scriptVariant → Kohen ⓘ