כהן

כֹּהֵןm. (b. h.; כהן, v. כּוּן; cmp. b. h. כַּן) (standing, stationed, officer, esp. priest. Yoma 6a, a. fr. כ׳ גדול (abbr. כ״ג) high priest, כ׳ הדיוט ordinary priest. Meg.I, 9 כ׳ משוח an anointed high priest, contrad. to מרובה בגדים a high priest distinguished only by his robes (but not anointed, as in the days of the Second Temple). Ib. כ׳ משמש officiating highpriest, כ׳ שעבר a substitute of the high priest no longer required, ex-substitute. Hor.III, 8 ממזר … קודם לכ״גע״ה a bastard who is a scholar has the precedence of an ignorant high priest; a. v. fr.Pl. כֹּהֲנִים. Yeb.86b, a. e. בכ״ד מקומות נקראו חכ׳ וכ in twenty four Biblical passages the priests are designated as Levites; a. v. fr.תּוֹרַת כֹּהֲנִים (abbr. ת״כ) Torath Kohănim, a) name of the third book of Moses, Leviticus. Kidd.33a. Lev. R. s. 7 מפני מה … בת״כ why do we, in teaching children, commence with Leviticus? a. e.b) name of an halachic commentary to Leviticus, also named Sifra. Yeb.72b; a. fr.Fem. כֹּהֶנֶת, כּוֹהֶ׳ a priests daughter or wife. Ḥull.131b, sq.Keth.IV, 8 ובכ׳ and in the case of a priests wife. Ib. VII, 1, sq. (70a) ובכ׳ Mish. a. Y. ed. (Bab. ed. ובכהן). Ib. 71a; a. fr.Pl. כֹּהֲנוֹת, כּוֹחֲ׳. Ber.44a. Yeb.III, 10 אם חיו כ׳ (Y. ed. כוה׳) if they are daughters of priests; a. e.