H6956 קֳהָתִי (Qŏhâthîy) ko-haw-thee'

Hebrew

Noun

Quick Definition

Kohathite

Strong's Definition

a Kohathite (collectively) or descendants of Kehath

Derivation: patronymically from H6955 (קְהָת);

KJV Usage: Kohathites.

Outline of Biblical Usage

Kohathites = see Kohath "assembly"

1) the descendants of Kohath, the 2nd son of Levi

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

קְהָתִי (qo.ha.ti) — Kohathite. Someone descended from Kohath who was a man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Gen.46.11; son of: Levi (H3878); brother of: Gershon (H1648), Merari (H4847) and Jochebed (H3115); father of: Amram (H6019), Izhar (H3324), Hebron (H2275B) and Uzziel (H5816) Group of qe.hat (קְהָת "Kohath" H6955) § Kohathites, of Kohath "assembly" the descendants of Kohath, the 2nd son of Levi

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

קְהָתִי (H6956) — קֳהָתִי

adj · קְהָת

Names of Groups

Kohathite = descendant of Kohath; ◄ tribe of Levi; ► important Levite clan with four subclans: Amramites, Izharites, Hebronites, and Uzzielites

NUM 3:27 · NUM 3:30 · NUM 4:18 · NUM 4:34 · NUM 4:37 · NUM 10:21 · NUM 26:57 · JOS 21:4 · JOS 21:10 · 1CH 6:18 · 1CH 6:39 · 1CH 9:32 · 2CH 20:19 · 2CH 29:12 · 2CH 34:12

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

קְהָתִי adj.gent. of foreg. [s.ap.ai]. c. art. הַקּ׳ as subst. coll. base

Bible Occurrences (15)

3:27 3:30 4:18 4:34 4:37 10:21 26:57

21:4 21:10

6:33 6:54 9:32

20:19 29:12 34:12

Numbers 3:27

From Kohath came the clans of the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites; these... were the clans of the Kohathites.

Numbers 3:30

and the leader of the families... of the Kohathites was Elizaphan son of Uzziel.

Numbers 4:18

Do not allow the Kohathite tribal clans to be cut off from among the Levites.

Numbers 4:34

So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of the congregation numbered the Kohathites... by their clans and families...,

Numbers 4:37

These were counted from the Kohathite clans, everyone who could serve at the Tent of Meeting. Moses and Aaron numbered them according to the command of the LORD through Moses.

Numbers 10:21

Then the Kohathites set out, transporting the holy objects; the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival.

Numbers 26:57

Now these were the Levites numbered by their clans: The Gershonite clan from Gershon, the Kohathite clan from Kohath, and the Merarite clan from Merari.

Joshua 21:4

The [first] lot came out for the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest received thirteen... cities by lot from the tribes of Judah,... Simeon,... and Benjamin.