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פִּינְחָס H6372
H6372 is the Hebrew word פִּינְחָס, transliterated Pîynᵉchâç and said pee-nekh-aws'. The King James Version most often renders it phinehas.
What it means
Pinechas, the name of three Israelites.
Where it comes from
apparently from H6310 (פֶּה) and a variation of H5175 (נָחָשׁ); mouth of a serpent.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 25 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: Phinehas.
Verses using פִּינְחָס
All 24 verses, quoted in full.
Exodus 6:25 · KJV
And Eleazar Aaron’s son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families.
Numbers 25:7 · KJV
And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand;
Numbers 25:11 · KJV
Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy.
Numbers 31:6 · KJV
And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.
Joshua 22:13 · KJV
And the children of Israel sent unto 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 22:30 · KJV
And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them.
Joshua 22:31 · KJV
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD is among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the LORD: now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD.
Joshua 22:32 · KJV
And Phinehas 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, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again.
Joshua 24:33 · KJV
And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.
Judges 20:28 · KJV
And 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? And the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand.
1 Samuel 1:3 · KJV
And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there.
1 Samuel 2:34 · KJV
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.
1 Samuel 4:4 · KJV
So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
1 Samuel 4:11 · KJV
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
1 Samuel 4:17 · KJV
And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
1 Samuel 4:19 · KJV
And his daughter in law, Phinehas’ wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her.
1 Samuel 14:3 · KJV
And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD’s priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone.
1 Chronicles 6:4 · KJV
Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,
1 Chronicles 6:50 · KJV
And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
1 Chronicles 9:20 · KJV
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and the LORD was with him.
Ezra 7:5 · KJV
The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest:
Ezra 8:2 · KJV
Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush.
Ezra 8:33 · KJV
Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites;
Psalm 106:30 · KJV
Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.
Common questions
What does Strong's H6372 mean?
H6372 is the Hebrew word פִּינְחָס (Pîynᵉchâç), meaning Pinechas, the name of three Israelites.
How is H6372 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it phinehas (23 times), pertained to phinehas (1 time), phinehas' (1 time).
How many times does H6372 appear in the Bible?
פִּינְחָס (Pîynᵉchâç) is tagged in 24 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H6372 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: apparently from H6310 (פֶּה) and a variation of H5175 (נָחָשׁ); mouth of a serpent.
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