From kahan; priesthood -- priesthood, priest's office.
see HEBREW kahan
H3550. kehunnah
כְּהֻנָּה noun feminine priesthood; — absolute ׳כ Exodus 29:9 5t.; construct כְּהֻנַּת Numbers 25:13 2t.; suffix כְּהֻנַּתְכֶם 18:1, 7 (twice in verse); כְּהֻנָּתָם 3:10; plural כְּהֻנּוֺת 1 Samuel 2:36. — יהוה כהנת priesthood of ׳י, the portion of the Levites Joshua 18:7 (D); plural priest's offices 1 Samuel 2:36; elsewhere Exodus 29:9; 40:15; Numbers 3:10; 16:10; 18:1, 7 (twice in verse); 25:13 (all P), Ezra 2:62 = Nehemiah 7:64; 13:29 (twice in verse).