In Judaism, the High Priest of Israel was the head of the Israelite priesthood.

The (in Samaritan Hebrew: haKa’en haGadol; in their native Palestinian ) the High Priest (in Modern Israeli Hebrew: haKohen haGadol) of the Samaritan community in the Holy Land, who call themselves the Israelite Samaritans.

The High Priest of Amun or First Prophet of Amun (ḥm nṯr tpj n jmn) was the highest-ranking priest in the priesthood of the ancient Egyptian god Amun.

Joshua the son of Jehozadak (Yəhōšūaʿ), also spelled Yeshua (Yēšūaʿ) was the first High Priest at the reconstruction of the Jewish Temple after the return of the Jews from the Babylonian Captivity (and in the Bible).