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Last name
Cohen

Nobility: Señores - Caballeros
Nobles in:
España - Inglaterra - Israel
Language of the text: Español

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El apellido Cohen, es de origen judío. Deriva de una palabra hebrea " Kohen " cuyo significado es Sacerdote; tradicionalmente, entre los judíos, los sacerdotes son considerados miembros de una casta, que hereditariamente descienden de Aaron, hermano de Moisés. No todas las personas que portan el apellido Cohen son pertenecientes a jerarquía sacerdotal ni todos tienen origen de la misma rama inicial, causa de los cual es que en tiempos antiguos, cuando los judíos eran obligados a servir al ejército ruso, en un periodo de veinticinco años, muchos de ellos cambiaron sus apellidos por el citado, ya que los clérigos estaban exentos de prestar servicio militar. Esta misma forma hebrea se encuentra en inscripciones fenicias, como término oficial que describe al "summum" sacerdotes y también en árabe " Kahin" se usa para designarles. Cohen, tanto en nombre tribal así como oficial, ha sufrido varias transformaciones, le encontramos usado, indistintamente,

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Cohen

Or. a lion rampant gules. Crest-A bear's head couped sable muzzled gules.

Blazon of family Cohen from England. Source: "The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales: Comprising a ..." by Bernard Burke, London 1884.

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