H6372Hebrewpiynəḥās
פִּינְחָס
Phinehas.
23
Total Occurrences
8
Books
23
Old Testament
0
New Testament
Detailed Definition
- 1son of eleazar and grandson of aaron; his zealousness for the lord averted a plague on israel and gained him the promise of the lord of an everlasting priesthood in his family
- 2a priest and the son of the priest eli
- 3the father of a helper of ezra
Etymology & Derivation
apparently from H6310 (פֶּה) and a variation of H5175 (נָחָשׁ); mouth of a serpent;
Scholarly Notes
Transliteration: Pîynᵉchâç; Pronunciation: pee-nekh-aws'