Kohen
E476978
Kohen is a variant spelling of "Cohen," referring to a member of the Jewish priestly class traditionally descended from Aaron.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kohen canonical | 7 |
| Kohanim | 6 |
| Hebrew Kohen | 1 |
| Kahane (Hebrew: כהן-related names) | 1 |
| Kohanim (priests) | 1 |
| Kohen Gadol | 1 |
| Kohenim | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4867626 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kohen Context triple: [Cohen, scriptVariant, Kohen]
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A.
Sde Dov
Sde Dov is a former airport site in Tel Aviv, Israel, now known primarily for its redevelopment into residential and commercial urban areas.
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B.
Rabbi
A Rabbi is a Jewish religious leader and teacher, traditionally responsible for interpreting Jewish law, guiding community practice, and providing spiritual and ethical instruction.
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C.
Benzion
Benzion is a Hebrew masculine given name meaning "son of Zion," traditionally used in Jewish communities.
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D.
Shmuel
Shmuel is the Hebrew form of the biblical name Samuel, commonly used in Jewish religious and cultural contexts.
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E.
Shlomtzion
Shlomtzion is the Hebrew name of Salome Alexandra, a 1st-century BCE Hasmonean queen of Judea known for her pious rule and support of the Pharisees.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kohen Target entity description: Kohen is a variant spelling of "Cohen," referring to a member of the Jewish priestly class traditionally descended from Aaron.
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A.
Sde Dov
Sde Dov is a former airport site in Tel Aviv, Israel, now known primarily for its redevelopment into residential and commercial urban areas.
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B.
Rabbi
A Rabbi is a Jewish religious leader and teacher, traditionally responsible for interpreting Jewish law, guiding community practice, and providing spiritual and ethical instruction.
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C.
Benzion
Benzion is a Hebrew masculine given name meaning "son of Zion," traditionally used in Jewish communities.
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D.
Shmuel
Shmuel is the Hebrew form of the biblical name Samuel, commonly used in Jewish religious and cultural contexts.
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E.
Shlomtzion
Shlomtzion is the Hebrew name of Salome Alexandra, a 1st-century BCE Hasmonean queen of Judea known for her pious rule and support of the Pharisees.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hebrew-language surname
ⓘ
Jewish priestly title ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
priestly blessing
ⓘ
priestly lineage ⓘ |
| associatedWithTribe | Tribe of Levi ⓘ |
| biblicalAssociation | House of Aaron ⓘ |
| category |
Hebrew-language surnames
ⓘ
Jewish families ⓘ Jewish religious titles ⓘ |
| distinctFrom |
Levi (non-priestly Levite)
ⓘ
linked to:
לֵוִי
Yisrael (non-Levite Jew) ⓘ |
| etymologicallyRelatedTo |
Cohen
ⓘ
Kohanim ⓘ
linked to:
Kohen
|
| genderRequirementTraditional | male ⓘ |
| hebrewSpelling | כֹּהֵן ⓘ |
| hereditaryStatus | yes ⓘ |
| honorInSynagogue |
called first to the Torah
ⓘ
performs first handwashing at ritual meals in some customs ⓘ |
| languageOfOrigin | Hebrew ⓘ |
| literalMeaning | priest ⓘ |
| marriageRestrictions |
prohibited to marry a convert under traditional Jewish law
ⓘ
prohibited to marry a divorcee under traditional Jewish law ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Hebrew Bible
ⓘ
linked to:
Tanakh
|
| pluralFormHebrew |
Kohanim
ⓘ
linked to:
Kohen
כֹּהֲנִים ⓘ |
| presentInCommunities |
Ashkenazi Jews
ⓘ
Mizrahi Jews ⓘ Sephardi Jews ⓘ |
| purityRestrictions | restrictions on contact with the dead ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | rabbinic Judaism ⓘ |
| refersTo | member of the Jewish priestly class ⓘ |
| religiousFunctionContemporary |
Pidyon haben ceremony
ⓘ
Priestly Blessing in synagogue ⓘ |
| religiousFunctionHistorical |
Temple service in Jerusalem
ⓘ
offering sacrifices ⓘ performing blessings ⓘ |
| religiousLawSource | Torah commandments regarding priests ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| requiresLineageProofInOrthodoxPractice | yes ⓘ |
| roleIn | Jewish religious life ⓘ |
| statusInHalakha | special personal-status category ⓘ |
| statusTransmission | patrilineal ⓘ |
| surnameVariant |
Kagan
ⓘ
Kahane ⓘ Kogan ⓘ Kohane ⓘ Kohn ⓘ |
| traditionalDescentFrom | Aaron ⓘ |
| variantSpellingOf | Cohen ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Kohen Description of subject: Kohen is a variant spelling of "Cohen," referring to a member of the Jewish priestly class traditionally descended from Aaron.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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