- a variation of Cohen.
Kohen
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
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Etymology
Origin of Kohen
from Hebrew, literally: priest
Example Sentences
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“They very clearly told people they would be back for season two,” Kohen said.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 10, 2023
Kohen Granier’s 10-yard touchdown pass to Neno Lemay capped a 16-play, 98-yard drive that pulled Nicholls to 21-17 with 1:20 remaining in the third quarter.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 29, 2022
Twenty-three-year-old Abi Kohen described her sparkly outfit to me as "like a disco ball had a baby with an emu that was pink".
From BBC ● May 25, 2022
"When I moved to Nebraska in 2007, the university was universally beloved," Kohen explained in a long Twitter thread.
From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2021
Hila raised her hands as if she were a Kohen about to give the priestly blessing, her fingers tight around the ring and splayed in the familiar V shape.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
Through his assistance many Athons and Kohens and Meleks had become artisans laborers, and even paupers; but all were bound by him to the strictest secrecy.
From A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder by De Mille, James
Poets also celebrate street-sweepers, scavengers, lamp-lighters, laborers, and above all, paupers, and pass by as unworthy of notice the authors, Meleks, and Kohens of the land.
From A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder by De Mille, James
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