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1 Chronicles 9:20
“And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and the Lord was with him.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
פִּינְחָסPîynᵉchâç · pee-nekh-aws'
H6372 · Hebrew
H6372 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Pinechas, the name of three Israelites
- Derivation
- apparently from H6310 (פֶּה) and a variation of H5175 (נָחָשׁ); mouth of a serpent;
- KJV renderings
- Phinehas.
- Grammar
- וּ — conjunction
- פִֽינְחָ֣ס — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 25 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 6:25Numbers 25:7Numbers 25:11Numbers 31:6Joshua 22:13
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read פִּינְחָס here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.