Words the Bible translates as priest
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- hiereusἱερεύςpriest: a person consecrated to serve at a sanctuary, offering the sacrifices and mediating between God (or a god) and the worshipers
- kohenכֹּהֵןpriest: a person who officiates at a sanctuary for a god, standing between worshipers and that god by handling sacrifice, ruling on what is holy and clean, and teaching the god's instruction
- kahenכָּהֵןpriest: a member of Israel's hereditary priestly order, authorized to run the worship of the Jerusalem temple
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