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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H6372 - Phinehas

Strong's No.:H6372

Hebrew:פִּינְחָס

Transliteration:Pîynᵉchâç

Phonetic:pee-nekh-aws'

Word Origin:Apparently from H6310 and a variation of H5175

Bible Usage:Phinehas.

Part of Speech:Proper Name Masculine

Strongs
Definition:

mouth of a serpent; {Pinechas} the name of three Israelites


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

Phinehas = "mouth of brass"

1. son 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

2. a priest and the son of the priest Eli

3. the father of a helper of Ezra


Bible References:
Phinehas

Translation
Occurrences:
Phinehas ( 25 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.