- a variation of Cohen.
Kohen
Americannoun
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Kohanim,
plural
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Kohens
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of Kohen
from Hebrew, literally: priest
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After what I've seen today, I'm having a difficult time understanding the word, 'justified,' said LaSandra Williams, Kohen Wiley's grandmother.
From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026
The BBC contacted Tetiana Khaliavka and Alex Kohen, and the organisations Chance Letikva, Walls of Hope, Saint Raphael, Little Angels and Saint Teresa - inviting them to respond to the allegations made against them.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2025
Kohen compared it to watching a reality cooking show - you don’t need to know your way around the kitchen to get hooked.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 10, 2023
Kohen Granier’s pass to the end zone was picked off as time expired.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2022
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
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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 James De Mille
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 James De Mille
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