Strong H6372H6372Hפִּינְחָס

Phinehas

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

Definition

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.1.3;
son of: Eli (H5941);
brother of: Hophni (H2652);
father of: Ichabod (H350), Ahitub (H285)

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

Wicked son of Eli the priest

Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest, was known for his wickedness and died in battle against the Philistines along with his brother Hophni.

In the Bible

Strong H6372H appears in 7 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

phinehas7

First verses

1 Samuel 1:3
And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the Lord of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the Lord, were there.
1 Samuel 2:34
And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.
1 Samuel 4:4
So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
1 Samuel 4:11
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
1 Samuel 4:17
And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
1 Samuel 4:19
And his daughter in law, Phinehas’ wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.
1 Samuel 14:3
And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, I–chabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the Lord’s priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.