Strong H6372H6372Gפִּינְחָס

Phinehas

Transliteration: pîynechâs
Pronunciation: pee-nekh-aws'
Morphology: Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.6.25;
son of: Eleazar (H499) and the daughter_of_Putiel (H6317H);
father of: Abishua (H50)

Meaning of the name

Phinehas = "mouth of brass"

General definition

Apparently from H6310 and a variation of H5175; mouth of a serpent;
{Pinechas} the name of three Israelites: - Phinehas.

In the biblical story

Phinehas

Aaron's grandson; zealous priest who opposed idolatry

Phinehas, the son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron, was a priest known for his zeal in opposing idolatry and turning away God's wrath from Israel.

In the Bible

Strong H6372G appears in 16 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

phinehas16

First verses

Exodus 6:25
And Eleazar Aaron’s son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.
Numbers 25:7
And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;
Numbers 25:11
Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
Numbers 31:6
And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.
Joshua 22:13
And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest,
Joshua 22:30
And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them.
Joshua 22:31
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the Lord is among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the Lord: now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the Lord.
Joshua 22:32
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.
Joshua 24:33
And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.
Judges 20:28
And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the Lord said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.
1 Chronicles 6:4
Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,
1 Chronicles 6:50
And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
1 Chronicles 9:20
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and the Lord was with him.
Ezra 7:5
The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest:
Ezra 8:2
Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush.
Psalms 106:30
Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.

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