פִּינְחָס
pin.chas
Phinehas
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word 'pin.chas' (פִּינְחָס) corresponds to the name Phinehas. This proper noun is used 17 times throughout the Bible, indicating a significant presence in the text. As a proper name, 'pin.chas' identifies a person, who in biblical times was known for his actions. The usage of 'pin.chas' is predominantly as a personal name. Its occurrences are scattered throughout the biblical narrative, suggesting that Phinehas played a notable role in the story. The name itself, however, does not convey any particular meaning or significance; it is simply a designation given to this individual.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
17 total occurrences across the text
the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest—
Ezra 8:2Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom. Of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel. Of the sons of David, Hattush.
Psalms 106:30Then Phinehas stood up and executed judgment, so the plague was stopped.
Exodus 6:25Eleazar Aaron’s son took one of the daughters of Putiel as his wife; and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites according to their families.
Numbers 25:7When Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the middle of the congregation, and took a spear in his hand.
Numbers 25:11“Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was jealous with my jealousy among them, so that I didn’t consume the children of Israel in my jealousy.
Numbers 31:6Moses sent them, one thousand of every tribe, to the war with Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand.
Joshua 24:33Eleazar the son of Aaron died. They buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill country of Ephraim.
Joshua 22:13The children of Israel sent to 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 22:30When Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation, even the heads of the thousands of Israel that were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spoke, it pleased them well.
Joshua 22:31Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said to the children of Reuben, to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, “Today we know that Yahweh is among us, because you have not committed this trespass against Yahweh. Now you have delivered the children of Israel out of Yahweh’s hand.”
Joshua 22:32Phinehas 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, to the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.
Judges 20:28and 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?” Yahweh said, “Go up; for tomorrow I will deliver him into your hand.”
1 Chronicles 6:4Eleazar became the father of Phinehas, Phinehas became the father of Abishua,
1 Chronicles 6:4Eleazar became the father of Phinehas, Phinehas became the father of Abishua,
1 Chronicles 6:50These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
1 Chronicles 9:20Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past, and Yahweh was with him.