Date
Name Kohath
Gender Masculine
Usage Biblical
Scripts קהת(Ancient Hebrew)
Other Forms FormsKehath
Edit Status Status
Meaning & History
Possibly derived from either of the Hebrew verbs יקה (yaqa) meaning "to obey" or קוה (qawa) meaning "to hope". As told in the Old Testament, Kohath or Kehath was the second son of Levi and the patriarchal founder of the Kohathites, one of the four main divisions of the Levites.