Phinehas
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....
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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....
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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....
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Phinehas or Pinhas (Hebrew: פִּינְחָס, Modern Pinəḥas Tiberian
Pînəħās) was a Jewish High Priest, the grandson of Aaron, and
son of Eleazar the High Priest (Exodus 6:25 ), who
distinguished himself as a youth at Shittim by his zeal
against the Heresy of Peor: the immorality with which the
Moabites and Midianites had successfully tempted the pe...
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fin'-e-as, -az, fin'-e-has, -haz (pinechac, "mouth of
brass"):
(1) Son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron (Ex 6:25; compare 1
Ch 6:4; Ezr 7:5, where he is seen to be an ancestor of
Ezra). He took a leading part in cleansing Israel from
whoredom at Shittim. He there punished the brazen
licentiousness of Zimri, prince of Sirecon, by slaying both
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-High priest
Ex 6:25; 1Ch 6:4,50
-Religious zeal of, in killing the Israelitish woman who had
committed abomination
Nu 25:7-15; Ps 106:30
-Chief of the Korahite Levites
1Ch 9:19,20
-Sent to sound the trumpets in the battle with the
Midianites
Nu 31:6
-Sent, with other princes of the Israelites west of the
Jordan
River to inquire of the ...
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(mouth of brass).
1. Son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron. Ex 6:25 He
is memorable for having while quite a youth, by his zeal and
energy at the critical moment of the licentious idolatry of
Shittim, appeased the divine wrath, and put a stop to the
plague which was destroying the nation. Nu 25:7 (B.C. 1452.)
For this he was rewarded by the sp...
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mouth of brass, or from old Egypt, the negro. (1.) Son of
Eleazar, the high priest (Ex. 6:25). While yet a
youth he
distinguished himself at Shittim by his zeal against
the
immorality into which the Moabites had tempted the
people (Num.
25:1-9), and thus "stayed the plague" that had
broken out among
the people, and by which twenty-four tho...
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An Egyptian name in the time of Rameses II.
1. Eleazar's son; Aaron's grandson (Exodus 6:25).
His mother was of Putiel's daughters. By his zeal in
avenging the Lord's cause on the Simeonitc prince Zimri, and
Cosbi his Midianite paramour, Phinehas turned away Jehovah's
wrath, making an atonement for Israel, and was given
Jehovah's covenant of...
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bold aspect; face of trust or protection...
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