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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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Zephaniah 1:4
I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests;
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1611 witness · Zephaniah 1:4 · retained source text

I will also stretch out mine hand vpon Iudah, and vpon all the inhabitants of Ierusalem, and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests:

Zephaniah 3:4
Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.
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1611 witness · Zephaniah 3:4 · retained source text

Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests haue polluted the Sanctuarie, they haue done violence to the Law.

1611 marginal noteIer.23.11. hose.9.7.

1611 marginal noteEzek.22.26.

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