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kohen

kohen is the alternative spelling of cohen.

Meaning of cohen

Noun

cohen (plural cohens or cohanim)

  1. A Jewish priest: direct male descendant of the Biblical high priest Aaron, brother of Moses.

See all 3 meanings of cohen

Proper noun capitalized: Kohen

Kohen

  1. A Jewish surname from Hebrew.
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.

Forms of kohen

pluralkohens
pluralkohanim

Origin of kohen

Rare spelling variant of Cohen.

Phrases with kohen

Questions about kohen

What does kohen mean?
Kohen means a Jewish surname from Hebrew.
What is kohen the alternative spelling of?
Kohen is the alternative spelling of cohen.
What part of speech is kohen?
Kohen is a proper noun.

Words near kohen in the dictionary

  1. kohein
  2. kohekohe
  3. Kohelet
  4. Koheleth
  5. kohemp
  6. kohen
  7. Kohen Gadol
  8. kohens
  9. Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad
  10. Kohima
  11. Kohinoor

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kohen (page history and authors); Kohen (page history and authors); cohen (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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