Phinehas פִּינְחָס

A High Priest. Phinehas, the son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron, was a priest known for his zeal in opposing idolatry and turning away God's wrath from Israel.

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Where Phinehas appears

Joshua (5), Numbers (3), 1 Chronicles (3), Ezra (2), Exodus (1), Judges (1), Psalms (1)

Key verses

• Exodus 6:25 first mention — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 24:33 — 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 — 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 Chronicles 6:4 — Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,
• 1 Chronicles 6:50 — And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
• Ezra 7:5 — The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest:
• Psalms 106:30 — Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.

Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Several people in the Bible share this name; this page is about the one described above. Verse text: King James Version.