Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kohen gadol

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.28 in modern English

Syllables: ko-hen -gadol
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The high priest.

Example Sentences

"This utterance was originally a response by the people when they heard the Tetragrammaton from the Kohen Gadol (High Priest) on Yom Kippur and every day on Birkat Kohanim."

Etymology

From Hebrew כהן גדול.

Origin

Source language: Hebrew

Word Breakdown

Root: כהן גדול

Inflected Forms

Kohanim Gedolim (plural)

Questions

What does kohen gadol mean?: The high priest.
Where does kohen gadol come from?: It is traced to Hebrew.

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