kohati · Kohathite

What it means

kohati (קֳהָתִי) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Kohathite”.

A descendant of Kohath, son of Levi.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Of the family of Kohath, who carried the holy things.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Numbers×7
• Joshua×2
• 1 Chronicles×3
• 2 Chronicles×3

• Numbers 3:27

  And from Kohath came the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites; these are the families of the Kohathites.

• Numbers 3:30

  And the chief of the fathers’ house of the families of the Kohathites is Elizaphan son of Uzziel.

• Numbers 4:18

  “Do not cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites.

• Numbers 4:34

  So Moses and Aaron and the chiefs of the community counted the sons of the Kohathites by their families and by their fathers’ houses,

• Numbers 4:37

  These are those counted of the families of the Kohathites, everyone who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron counted according to the command of YHWH through Moses.

• Numbers 10:21

  And the Kohathites, who carried the sanctuary, set out; and the dwelling was set up before they arrived.

• Numbers 26:57

  And these are those counted of the Levites by their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites.

• Joshua 21:4

  And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites; and the sons of Aaron the priest, of the Levites, received by lot thirteen cities from the tribe of Judah, from the tribe of the Simeonites, and from the tribe of Benjamin.

• Joshua 21:10

  and they went to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, of the sons of Levi; for theirs was the first lot.

• 1 Chronicles 6:33

  And these are those who stood there, with their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,

• 1 Chronicles 6:54

  And these are their dwelling places according to their encampments within their territory. To the sons of Aaron, of the family of the Kohathites, for theirs was the lot,

• 1 Chronicles 9:32

  And of the sons of the Kohathites, of their brothers, some were over the bread of the row, to prepare it every Sabbath.

• 2 Chronicles 20:19

  The Levites, of the sons of the Kohathites and of the sons of the Korahites, stood up to praise YHWH, Elohim of Israel, with a voice exceedingly loud.

• 2 Chronicles 29:12

  Then the Levites arose: Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah;

• 2 Chronicles 34:12

  The men were working with faithfulness in the work. Over them were appointed Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to direct; and the Levites, all who understood instruments of song,