30 occurrences

'Priests' in the Bible

The officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing, for I had not yet told the Jews, priests, nobles, officials, or the rest of those who would be doing the work.

Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests began rebuilding the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and installed its doors. After building the wall to the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel, they dedicated it.

And next to him the priests from the surrounding area made repairs.

Each of the priests made repairs above the Horse Gate, each opposite his own house.

They responded: “We will return these things and require nothing more from them. We will do as you say.”So I summoned the priests and made everyone take an oath to do this.

The priests included: Jedaiah’s descendants of the house of Jeshua 973

and from the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai—who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by their name.

So the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, temple singers, some of the people, temple servants, and all Israel settled in their towns.When the seventh month came and the Israelites had settled in their towns, >

On the second day, the family leaders of all the people, along with the priests and Levites, assembled before Ezra the scribe to study the words of the law.

So now, our God—the great, mighty,and awe-inspiring God who keeps His gracious covenant—do not view lightly all the hardships that have afflicted us,our kings and leaders,our priests and prophets,our ancestors and all Your people,from the days of the Assyrian kings until today.

Our kings, leaders, priests, and ancestorsdid not obey Your lawor listen to Your commandsand warnings You gave them.

In view of all this, we are making a binding agreement in writing on a sealed document containing the names of our leaders, Levites, and priests.

Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah.These were the priests.

The rest of the people—the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, and temple servants, along with their wives, sons, and daughters, everyone who is able to understand and who has separated themselves from the surrounding peoples to obey the law of God—

We have cast lots among the priests, Levites, and people for the donation of wood by our ancestral houses at the appointed times each year. They are to bring the wood to our God’s house to burn on the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the law.

We will also bring the firstborn of our sons and our livestock, as prescribed by the law, and will bring the firstborn of our herds and flocks to the house of our God, to the priests who serve in our God’s house.

We will bring a loaf from our first batch of dough to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God. We will also bring the firstfruits of our grain offerings, of every fruit tree, and of the new wine and oil. A tenth of our land’s produce belongs to the Levites, for the Levites are to collect the one-tenth offering in all our agricultural towns.

For the Israelites and the Levites are to bring the contributions of grain, new wine, and oil to the storerooms where the articles of the sanctuary are kept and where the priests who minister are, along with the gatekeepers and singers. We will not neglect the house of our God.

These are the heads of the province who stayed in Jerusalem (but in the villages of Judah each lived on his own property in their towns—the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants—

The priests: Jedaiah son of Joiarib, Jachin, and

The rest of Israel, the priests, and the Levites were in all the villages of Judah, each on his own inherited property.

These are the priests and Levites who went up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua:Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah.These were the leaders of the priests and their relatives in the days of Jeshua.

In the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, the leaders of the families of the Levites and priests were recorded while Darius the Persian ruled.

After the priests and Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the gates, and the wall.

and some of the priests’ sons with trumpets, and Zechariah son of Jonathan, son of Shemaiah, son of Mattaniah, son of Micaiah, son of Zaccur, son of Asaph followed

as well as the priests:Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin,Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah,and Hananiah, with trumpets;

On that same day men were placed in charge of the rooms that housed the supplies, contributions, firstfruits, and tenths. The legally required portions for the priests and Levites were gathered from the village fields, because Judah was grateful to the priests and Levites who were serving.

and had prepared a large room for him where they had previously stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the articles, and the tenths of grain, new wine, and oil prescribed for the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, along with the contributions for the priests.

So I purified them from everything foreign and assigned specific duties to each of the priests and Levites.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
כּהן 
Kahan 
Usage: 23

ἀρχιερεύς 
Archiereus 
Usage: 118

ἱερεύς 
Hiereus 
Usage: 22

כּהן 
Kohen 
Usage: 750

כּהן 
Kahen (Aramaic) 
Usage: 8

כּהנּה 
K@hunnah 
Usage: 14

כּמר 
Kamar 
Usage: 3

ἀρχιερατικός 
Archieratikos 
of the high priest
Usage: 1

ἱερατεία 
Hierateia 
Usage: 2

ἱεράτευμα 
Hierateuma 
Usage: 2

ἱερατεύω 
Hierateuo 
Usage: 1

ἱερωσύνη 
Hierosune 
Usage: 4

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