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'''Kohen''' ({{lang-he|{{Script/Hebr|כֹּהֵן}}}}, ''kōhēn'', {{IPA-he|koˈ(h)en|}}, "priest", pl. {{Script/Hebrew|כֹּהֲנִים}}, ''kōhănīm'', {{IPA-he|koˈ(h)anim|}}, "priests") is the Hebrew word for "[[priest]]", used in reference to the Aaronic [[Priest#Judaism|priesthood]], also called '''Aaronites''' or '''Aaronides'''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Aaronides {{!}} Encyclopedia.com|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/aaronides|access-date=2020-06-21|website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref> They are traditionally believed and [[halakha|halakhically]] required to be of direct [[Patrilineality|patrilineal descent]] from the biblical [[Aaron]] (also ''Aharon''), brother of [[Moses]], and thus belong to the [[Tribe of Levi]].<ref name=Leuchter2021>{{cite web|last=Mark Leuchter|first=Mark Leuchter|title=How All Kohanim Became Sons of Aaron|work=TheTorah.com|publisher=TheTorah.com|year=2021|url=https://www.thetorah.com/article/how-all-kohanim-became-sons-of-aaron|accessdate=June 29, 2021}}</ref>
During the existence of the [[Temple in Jerusalem]] (and previously the [[Tabernacle]]), ''kohanim'' performed the Temple [[korban|sacrificial offerings]], which were only permitted to be offered by them. Today, ''kohanim'' retain a lesser though distinct status within [[Rabbinic Judaism|Rabbinic]] and [[Karaite Judaism]], including certain honors and restrictions
In the [[Samaritans|Samaritan]] community, the kohanim have remained the primary religious leaders. [[Beta Israel|Ethiopian Jewish]] religious leaders are sometimes called ''[[kahen]]'', a form of the same word, but the position is not hereditary and their duties are more like those of [[rabbi]]s than kohanim in most Jewish communities.
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