פִּינְחָס25 H6372
Phinehas — grandson of Aaron zealous for God's honor; also a corrupt son of Eli the priest
Pinchas (Phinehas) is a proper name of Egyptian origin (possibly meaning 'the Nubian' or 'dark-skinned one') borne by two contrasting priestly figures. The primary bearer is the grandson of Aaron through Eleazar, who became the paradigm of priestly zeal when he drove a spear through the Israelite man and Midianite woman in the Baal-Peor crisis, turning away God's wrath and earning a covenant of perpetual priesthood (Num 25:7-13). This Phinehas served as a priestly envoy to the Transjordanian tribes (Josh 22:13-32) and presided at Bethel during the Benjamite war (Judg 20:28). The second bearer is a son of Eli at Shiloh, whose corruption with his brother Hophni provoked the fall of the sanctuary and the capture of the ark — his wife's dying cry 'Ichabod' upon hearing the news marks one of the most haunting scenes in Samuel (1 Sam 4:19-22). The Septuagint renders the name Phinees. Spanish 'Finees' and German 'Pinechas' preserve the name with minor variation.
Senses
1. Phinehas (proper name) — A proper name of Egyptian derivation applied to at least two distinct priestly figures. Principally, Aaron's grandson through Eleazar, celebrated for his decisive intervention at Baal-Peor that halted a plague and secured an eternal covenant of priesthood (Num 25:7-13; Ps 106:30). He appears as envoy to the eastern tribes (Josh 22:13), priest at Bethel (Judg 20:28), and ancestor of Ezra (Ezra 7:5; 8:2). The second Phinehas is a son of Eli at Shiloh whose priestly malfeasance contributed to the ark's capture and the end of the Shiloh sanctuary (1 Sam 1:3; 2:34; 4:4-19). LXX Phinees; Spanish 'Finees,' French 'Phineas.' 25×
AR["فينحاس", "فينَحاس", "فِينَحاس", "فِينَحَاسَ", "فِينَحَاسُ", "فِينِحَاسَ", "فِينْحَاس", "فِينْحَاسَ", "فِينْحَاسُ", "وَ-فِينَحَاس"]·ben["এবং-পীনহস", "পীনহস", "পীনহসকে", "পীনহসের", "পীনহাস", "পীনহাসকে", "পীন্হস"]·DE["Pinechas", "Pinhas", "[פינחס]", "und-Pinchas"]·EN["Phinehas", "Pinchas", "Pinechas", "and-Pinchas"]·FR["Phinehas", "Phinéas", "Phinées", "Pinechas", "et-Pinchas"]·heb["ו-פינחס", "פינחס"]·HI["और-पीनहास", "और-पीन्हास", "पीनहास", "पीनहास-का", "पीनहास-की", "पीनहास-के", "पीनहास-ने"]·ID["Pinehas", "dan-Pinehas"]·IT["Fineas", "Finees", "Pinechas", "[פינחס]", "e-Pinchas"]·jav["Fineas", "Pinehas", "Pinèhas", "Pinéhas", "lan-Pinehas", "lan-Pinéhas"]·KO["그리고-비느하스", "비느하스", "비느하스-가", "비느하스-는", "비느하스-를", "비느하스가", "비느하스를", "비느하스의"]·PT["Fineias", "Pinchas", "Pinechas", "Pinehás", "e-Pinechas"]·RU["Пинехас", "Пинхас", "Пинхаса", "Финехас", "Финехаса", "и-Пинхас", "и-Пинхаса"]·ES["Finees", "Pinejas", "Pinjas", "Pinĥas", "y-Pinjás"]·SW["Finehasi", "na-Finehasi", "ya-Finehasi"]·TR["Pinehas", "Pinehas'u", "Pinehas'ı", "Pinehasun", "Pinhas", "Pinhas'ı", "Pinhas-ın", "ve-Pinehas"]·urd["اور-فینحاس", "فینحاس", "فینحاس-نے", "فینحاس-کے"]
Exod 6:25, Num 25:7, Num 25:11, Num 31:6, Josh 22:13, Josh 22:30, Josh 22:31, Josh 22:32, Josh 24:33, Judg 20:28, 1 Sam 1:3, 1 Sam 2:34 (+13 more)
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
פִּינְחָס25 n.pr.m. (Egyptian Pe-nehasi, the negro, according to Lauth Moses (1868), 71, ZMG xxv (1871), 139 f. cf. NesEg 112, AJSL xiii (1897) 174 Baen Ex 6:25, yet v. Di);— 1. grandson of Aaron, Φ(ε)ινεες, Ex 6:25; Nu 25:7 + 16 times †2. son of Eli 1 S 1:3 (†פִּנְחָם), 2:34; 4:4, 11, 17, 19; 14:3.