Kohen is the Hebrew word for "priest", used in reference to the Aaronic priesthood, also called Aaronides. Levitical priests or kohanim are traditionally believed and halakhically required to be of direct patrilineal descent from the biblical Aaron, brother of Moses.

What does the name Kohen mean?

SHARE. Derived from the Hebrew word for "priest" (kōhēn), and an alternate spelling of the traditional Jewish surname Cohen.

Is Kohen in the Bible?

A kohen (or cohen, Hebrew: כּהן, "priest;" pl: kohanim) is a Jewish priest, a direct male descendant of the Biblical Aaron, brother of Moses. It was also the kohanim and their scribes who wrote much of the Hebrew Bible. ...