Phinehas

English

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew פִּינְחָס (Pīnəḥās), from Egyptian pꜣ-nḥsj (literally “the Nubian”), from pꜣ nḥsj.

Proper noun

Phinehas

1. Any of a number of Old Testament men, including a son of Eli and a grandson of Aaron.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 2:34:
     :

     And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.

2. (rare) A male given name from Ancient Greek, Hebrew, or Egyptian of biblical origin.

Related terms

• Phineas
• Pinchas

Translations

biblical character

• Catalan: Finees
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 非尼哈 (fēi ní hā) (simplified)

• Danish: Pinehas
• Esperanto: Pineĥaso
• Finnish: Pinehas
• Greek: Φινεές (el) (Fineés)
• Hawaiian: Pinehasa
• Hebrew: פִּינְחָס m (Pīn'ḥās)
• Japanese: ピネハス (Pinehasu)
• Norwegian: Pinhas
• Swedish: Pinehas

male given name

• Esperanto: Pineĥaso
• Hawaiian: Pinehaka