Etymograph

English

Kohen Gadol

Kohen Gadol comes from Hebrew כהן גדול ‘high priest: the chief priest’.

  1. Hebrew1880s–presentכהן גדול‘high priest: the chief priest’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1996Kohen Gadol

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Hebrew1880s–presentכהן גדול‘high priest: the chief priest’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1996Kohen Gadol

Earliest quotation: 1996, Macy Nulman: “This utterance was originally a response by the people…”

Today it means

noun The high priest.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Hebrew כהן גדול / Kohen Gadol