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priests

Meaning of “priests”

Persons set apart to religious service, sanctuary duty, sacrifice, intercession, teaching, or representation before a deity.

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401 occurrences376 verses34 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 47:22

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Nehemiah 2:16
And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Nehemiah 2:16 · retained source text

And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did, neither had I as yet tolde it to the Iewes, nor to the Priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the worke.

Nehemiah 3:1
THEN Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Nehemiah 3:1 · retained source text

¶ Then Eliashib the hie priest, rose vp with his brethren the Priests, and they built the sheepe-gate, they sanctified it, & set vp the doores of it, euen vnto the towre of Meah they sanctified it, vnto the towre of Hananeel.

1611 marginal noteIere. 3.38.

Nehemiah 3:22
And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Nehemiah 3:22 · retained source text

And after him repaired the Priests, the men of the plaine.

Nehemiah 5:12
Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Nehemiah 5:12 · retained source text

Then said they, Wee will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we doe, as thou sayest. Then I called the Priests, and tooke an oath of them, that they should doe according to this promise.

Nehemiah 7:39
¶ The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Nehemiah 7:39 · retained source text

¶ The Priests. The children of Iedaia, of the house of Ieshua, nine hundred, seuentie and three.

1611 marginal note1.Chro. 24.7.

Nehemiah 7:63
¶ And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Nehemiah 7:63 · retained source text

¶ And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which tooke one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name.

Nehemiah 7:70
¶ And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests’ garments.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Nehemiah 7:70 · retained source text

¶ And some of the chiefe of the fathers, gaue vnto the worke: The Tirshatha gaue to the treasure, a thousand drammes of gold, fiftie basons, fiue hundred and thirtie priests garments.

1611 marginal noteHebr. part.

Nehemiah 7:72
And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and seven priests’ garments.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Nehemiah 7:72 · retained source text

And that which the rest of the people gaue, was twentie thousand drammes of gold, and two thousand pound of siluer, and threescore and seuen priests garments.

Nehemiah 7:73
So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Nehemiah 7:73 · retained source text

So the priests, and the Leuites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities: And when the seuenth moneth came, the children of Israel were in their cities.

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