Kohen (Hebrew: כֹּהֵן‎' Cohen, [koˈ(h)en] "priest", pl. כֹּהֲנִים‎ Cohanim, [koˈ(h)anim] "priests") is the Hebrew word for "priest", used in reference to the Aaronic priesthood, also called Aaronides.

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. ...

How do you know if you are a Cohen?

If you have a The Cohen Modal Haplotype badge in the Badges section of your dashboard, it means that you match or are close to the historic Cohen Modal Haplotype (CMH). One of the earliest Y-chromosome population genetics studies documented the CMH.