Word Study · Strong's H6372 · Hebrew
פִּינְחָס
Pinechas
pee-nekh-aws'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Pîynᵉchâç
“Pinechas, the name of three Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Pinechas, the name of three Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Phinehas.
- 25occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 8 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 19inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 25 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 19
- פִּֽינְחָ֣ס4
- וּפִֽינְחָֽס׃2
- פִּֽינְחָ֑ס2
- פִּֽינְחָס֙2
- וּ֠פִינְחָס1
- וּפִֽינְחָ֑ס1
- וּפִ֣ינְחָ֔ס1
- וּפִֽינְחָ֣ס1
- וּפִ֣נְחָ֔ס1
- פִֽינְחָס֙1
- פִּֽ֭ינְחָס1
- פִּֽינְחָ֨ס1
and 7 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 2
- Phinehas18
- and Phinehas7
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)18
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)7
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 18
- HC/Npm · 7
All 25, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 1 Samuel7 of 25 · 28%
- Joshua5 of 25 · 20%
- 1 Chronicles4 of 25 · 16%
- Numbers3 of 25 · 12%
- Ezra3 of 25 · 12%
1 Samuel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Numbers3 occurrences
- Numbers 25:7פִּֽינְחָס֙pinechasproper noun (a name)On seeing this, Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, got up from the assembly, took a spear in his hand,here: Phinehas
- Numbers 25:11פִּֽינְחָ֨סpinchasproper noun (a name)“Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned My wrath away from the Israelites; for he was zealous for My sake among them, so that I did not consume the Israelites in My zeal.here: Phinehas
- Numbers 31:6פִּ֨ינְחָ֜סpinchasproper noun (a name)And Moses sent the thousand from each tribe into battle, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who took with him the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for signaling.here: Phinehas
Joshua5 occurrences
- Joshua 22:13פִּינְחָ֖סpinchasproper noun (a name)The Israelites sent Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest to the land of Gilead, to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.here: Phinehas
- Joshua 22:30פִּֽינְחָ֣סpinchasproper noun (a name)When Phinehas the priest and the chiefs of the congregation—the heads of Israel’s clans who were with him—heard what the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh had to say, they were satisfied.here: Phinehas
- Joshua 22:31פִּֽינְחָ֣סpinchasproper noun (a name)Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest said to the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh, “Today we know that the LORD is among us, because you have not committed this breach of faith against Him. Consequently, you have delivered the Israelites from the hand of the LORD.”here: Phinehas
- Joshua 22:32פִּֽינְחָ֣סpinchasproper noun (a name)Then Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, together with the other leaders, returned to the Israelites in the land of Canaan and brought back a report regarding the Reubenites and Gadites in the land of Gilead.here: Phinehas
- Joshua 24:33פִּֽינְחָ֣סpinchasproper noun (a name)Eleazar son of Aaron also died, and they buried him at Gibeah, which had been given to his son Phinehas in the hill country of Ephraim.here: Phinehas
1 Samuel7 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 1:3וּפִ֣נְחָ֔סufinchasconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Year after year Elkanah would go up from his city to worship and sacrifice to the LORD of Hosts at Shiloh, where Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD.here: and Phinehas
- 1 Samuel 2:34וּפִֽינְחָ֑סufinchasconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)And this sign shall come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: They will both die on the same day.here: and Phinehas
- 1 Samuel 4:4וּפִֽינְחָֽס׃ufinechasconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.here: and Phinehas
- 1 Samuel 4:11וּפִֽינְחָֽס׃ufinechasconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.here: and Phinehas
- 1 Samuel 4:17וּפִ֣ינְחָ֔סufinchasconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)The messenger answered, “Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are both dead, and the ark of God has been captured.”here: and Phinehas
- 1 Samuel 4:19פִּינְחָס֮pinechasproper noun (a name)Now Eli’s daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was pregnant and about to give birth. When she heard the news of the capture of God’s ark and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband, she collapsed and gave birth, for her labor pains overtook her.here: Phinehas
- 1 Samuel 14:3פִּינְחָ֨סpinchasproper noun (a name)including Ahijah, who was wearing an ephod. He was the son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub son of Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of the LORD in Shiloh. But the troops did not know that Jonathan had left.here: Phinehas
1 Chronicles4 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 6:4פִּֽינְחָ֔סpinchasproper noun (a name)Eleazar was the father of Phinehas, Phinehas was the father of Abishua,here: Phinehas
- 1 Chronicles 6:4פִּֽינְחָ֖סpinchasproper noun (a name)Eleazar was the father of Phinehas, Phinehas was the father of Abishua,here: Phinehas
- 1 Chronicles 6:50פִּֽינְחָ֥סpinchasproper noun (a name)These were the descendants of Aaron:here: Phinehas
- 1 Chronicles 9:20וּפִֽינְחָ֣סufinchasconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)In earlier times Phinehas son of Eleazar had been in charge of the gatekeepers, and the LORD was with him.here: and Phinehas
Ezra3 occurrences
- Ezra 7:5פִּֽינְחָס֙pinechasproper noun (a name)the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest—here: Phinehas
- Ezra 8:2פִֽינְחָס֙finechasproper noun (a name)from the descendants of Phinehas, Gershom; from the descendants of Ithamar, Daniel;here: Phinehas
- Ezra 8:33פִּֽינְחָ֑סpinchasproper noun (a name)On the fourth day, in the house of our God, we weighed out the silver and gold and sacred articles into the hand of Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest. Eleazar son of Phinehas was with him, along with the Levites Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui.here: Phinehas