Cohen in Hebrew is כּוֹהֵן (kohén).
Below are its vowel points, how it is said, its gender and its plural.
כּוֹהֵן
kohén
noun · masculine
In English
cohen
The stress falls on the vowel in colour.
These are the Hebrew words for cohen as a noun.
a descendant of Aaron
- כּוֹהֵןכוהןkohénmasculineIn the Hebrew dictionary
This is more about the Hebrew word כּוֹהֵן.
- Written with vowel points
- כּוֹהֵן
- Written without vowel points
- כוהן
- Said
- kohén
- Plural
- כּוֹהֲנִים
- Its meanings in English
- cohen, The first aliyah, traditionally reserved for a cohen if one is present
The Hebrew dictionary's page for כוהן, with its synonyms and rhymes
These English words share a Hebrew word with cohen.
These words come before and after cohen in the list.
These are the questions people ask about cohen in Hebrew.
How do you say cohen in Hebrew?
cohen in Hebrew is כּוֹהֵן, said kohén. Without vowel points it is written כוהן. Its plural is כּוֹהֲנִים.
Is כוהן masculine or feminine?
The word כוהן is masculine.
What else does כוהן mean in English?
Besides cohen, כוהן can mean The first aliyah, traditionally reserved for a cohen if one is present.
The Hebrew translations, transliterations, genders and plurals on this page are adapted from Wiktionary's entry cohen and its entries for the Hebrew words, read on 5 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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