How many times is Kohath mentioned in the Bible?
The word Kohath appears 32 times in the King James Version, in 29 verses. Counting every form (Kohath, Kohathites), it appears 47 times in 42 verses across 6 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses Kohath 32 times (47 with every form).
Kohath in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of Kohath counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| Kohath | 32 | 32 |
| Kohathites | 15 | 15 |
| Total | 47 | 47 |
What the name Kohath means
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary glosses Kohath as "congregation; wrinkle; bluntness".
This is the 1869 traditional meaning; modern scholars often read names differently.
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Source: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869), checked 2026-10-24.
Which books mention Kohath most
Kohath appears in 6 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Numbers has the most (19), then 1 Chronicles (15) and Joshua (6).
First and last mention of Kohath
And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick.
The verse that uses it most is Exodus 6:18, 2 times (tied with Numbers 3:27, Numbers 4:15, Numbers 26:57, Joshua 21:20):
And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years.
Common questions
How many times is Kohath in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 47 of the 47 uses are in the Old Testament and 0 in the New Testament. Kohath appears in 6 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Numbers has the most (19), then 1 Chronicles (15) and Joshua (6).
Where is Kohath first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is Genesis 46:11: "And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari." The last is 2 Chronicles 34:12.
What does the name Kohath mean in the Bible?
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary glosses Kohath as "congregation; wrinkle; bluntness".
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Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-24.