Phinehas — Tyndale Open Bible Dictionary

1. Eleazer’s son, grandson of Aaron (Ex 6:25), and Abishua’s father (1 Chr 6:4, 50 OET CH1 6:4 · OET CH1 6:50). During the high priesthood of Eleazer, Phinehas had charge over the gatekeepers of the tabernacle (9:20), as did Eleazer his father, when Aaron served as chief priest (cf. Nm 3:32). Phinehas, grieved by Israel’s sin with Baal of Peor at Shittim, killed an Israelite man and a Midianite woman for their licentious behavior (25:7). Following this act, the Lord turned away his anger toward Israel and made a covenant of peace with Phinehas, which was a covenant of a perpetual priesthood for him and his descendants (vv 11-13); his deed was reckoned to him as righteousness from generation to generation forever (Ps 106:30). Except for the brief interval when Eli acted as high priest (cf. 1 Sm 1–3 OET SA1 1:1–28 · OET SA1 2:1–36 · OET SA1 3:1–21; 14:3), Phinehas and his posterity officiated at the high priestly position until the destruction of the Jerusalem temple by the Romans in AD 70.

Show passage in OET: EXO 6:25

OET-RV EXO 6:25

25 Aharon’s son Eleazar took a wife for himself from the daughters of Putiel and she gave birth to Pinhas.
¶ All of those headed the clans of Levi.

OET-LV EXO 6:25

25 And_ʼElˊāzār the _son _of ʼAhₐron he _took to_him/it one_of _the _daughters _of Pūţī^ʼēl to_him/it to/for_(a)_woman and_she/it _gave _birth to_him/it DOM Pinḩāş these were_the _heads _of the _fathers _of the _Lēviyyiy to_their_clans.

Show passage in OET: CH1 6:4; CH1 6:50

OET-RV CH1 6:4

4 Eleazar was the father of Pinhas, and Pinhas was the father of Avishua.

OET-RV CH1 6:50

50 These were Aharon’s descendants: Aharon’s son was Eleazar. Eleazar’s son was Pinhas. Pinhas’s son was Avishua.

OET-LV CH1 5:30

30  ʼElˊāzār he _fathered DOM Pinḩāş Pinḩāş he _fathered DOM ʼAⱱīshūˊa.

OET-LV CH1 6:35

35  And_these are_the _descendants _of ʼAhₐron ʼElˊāzār his/its_son Pinḩāş his/its_son ʼAⱱīshūˊa his/its_son.

Show passage in OET: CH1 9:20

OET-RV CH1 9:20

20 Previously Pinhas (Eleazar’s son) had supervised the gatekeepers. Yahweh was with Pinhas.

OET-LV CH1 9:20

20 And_Pinḩāş the _son _of ʼElˊāzār a _leader he _had _been over_them formerly_former YHWH with_him/it.

Show passage in OET: NUM 3:32

OET-RV NUM 3:32

32 The man who organised the Levites was Aharon’s (Aaron’s) son, Eleazar the priest. He had oversight over all those who were responsible for the sacred tent.

OET-LV NUM 3:32

32 And_the _leader _of the _leaders _of the _Lēviyyiy[s] was_ʼElˊāzār the _son _of ʼAhₐron the_priest/officer the _oversight _of the _keepers _of the _duty _of the _holy _place.

Show passage in OET: NUM 25:7

OET-RV NUM 25:7

7 When Pinhas (son of Eleazar, son of Aharon (Aaron)) saw that, he came out from among the gathered people, grabbed a spear,

OET-LV NUM 25:7

7 And_ Pinḩāş the _son _of ʼElˊāzār the _son _of ʼAhₐron the_priest/officer _he/it _saw and_he/it _rose _up from_among _of the_congregation and_he/it _took a _spear in_his/its_hand.

Show passage in OET: NUM 25:11–13

OET-RV NUM 25:11

11 “Aharon’s grandson Pinhas has deflected my anger from the Israelis by demonstrating my seriousness about their behaviour, so now in my zeal, I won’t eliminate the Israelis.

OET-RV NUM 25:12

12 So tell him that I’m making a peace agreement with him.

OET-RV NUM 25:13

13 It’s an agreement that gives him and his descendants the rights to be priests because he was zealous on his god’s behalf and he worked towards removing the guilt of the people.”

OET-LV NUM 25:11

11 Pinḩāş the _son _of ʼElˊāzār the _son _of ʼAhₐron the_priest/officer he _has _turned _back DOM rage _of_my from_under the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) because_he_was _zealous DOM zeal _of_my among_them and_not I _made _an _end _of DOM the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) in_zeal _of_my.

OET-LV NUM 25:12

12 For_so/thus/hence say HERE_I am_about _to _give to_him/it DOM covenant _of_my peace.

OET-LV NUM 25:13

13 And_it _will _belong for_him/it and_to_offspring _of_his after_him a _covenant _of priesthood _of perpetuity because that he _was _zealous for_god _of_his and_he _made _atonement on the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel).

Show passage in OET: PSA 106:30

OET-RV PSA 106:30

30 Then Pinhas took a stand and intervened
⇔ and stopped that plague.

OET-LV PSA 106:30

30 And_ Pinḩāş _he _stood _up and_he _mediated and_ the_plague _it _was _restrained.

Show passage in OET: SA1 14:3

OET-RV SA1 14:3

3 Ahiyah the priest was also there wearing a sacred apron. (He was son of Ahituv the brother of I-Kavod, son of Pinhas, son of Eli, Yahweh’s priest at Shiloh.) But the people didn’t know that Yonatan had gone.

OET-LV SA1 14:3

3 And_ʼAḩiy^yāh the _son _of ʼAḩīţūⱱ the _brother _of ʼĪ-kāⱱōd the _son _of Pinḩāş the _son _of ˊĒlī the _priest _of YHWH in_Shiloh was_bearing an _ephod and_the_people not it _knew if/because _that Yōnātān he _had _gone.

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Following the Baal of Peor incident, Phinehas joined Israel in defeating the Midianites in war (Nm 31:6). After Israel took possession of the land of Canaan, Phinehas was given the town of Gibeah in the hill country of Ephraim for an inheritance (Jos 24:33). He was sent with a small delegation of Israelite leaders to question the building of an altar on the west bank of the Jordan River by the tribes of Israel living east of the Jordan (Jos 22:13, 30-32 OET JOS 22:13 · OET JOS 22:30–32). Later, at Bethel, Phinehas promised Israel victory over Benjamin’s tribe in battle (Jgs 20:28). His descendants Ezra the scribe (Ezr 7:5) and Gershom (8:2) returned with their families to Jerusalem following the exile.

Show passage in OET: NUM 31:6

OET-RV NUM 31:6

6 and Mosheh sent them off to war. The priest Pinhas (Eleazar’s son) went with them, taking some sacred objects as well as the signal trumpets.

OET-LV NUM 31:6

6 And_ Mosheh _he _sent DOM_them one _thousand to_tribe to_war DOM_them and_DOM Pinḩāş the _son _of ʼElˊāzār the_priest/officer to_war and_the _vessels _of the _holy _place and_the _trumpets _of the _alarm in_his/its_hand.

Show passage in OET: JOS 24:33

OET-RV JOS 24:33

33 Aharon’s (Aaron’s) son Eleazar also died and was buried at Giveah—the city that belonged to his son Pinhas in the Efrayim hill country.

OET-LV JOS 24:33

33 And_ʼElˊāzār the _son _of ʼAhₐron he _died and_people _buried DOM_him/it at_Giⱱˊāh _of Pinḩāş his/its_son which it _had _been _given to_him/it in_the _hill _country _of ʼEfrayim.

Show passage in OET: JOS 22:13; JOS 22:30–32

OET-RV JOS 22:13

13 ⇔Meanwhile, they sent the priest Pinhas (Eleazar’s son) across into the Gilead region to talk with the leaders from the tribes of Re’uven, Gad, and the Menasheh half-tribe.

OET-RV JOS 22:30

30 So Pinhas the priest and the other community and clan leaders with him, listened to what the descendants of Re’uven, Gad, and Menasheh (Manasseh) told them, and it sounded sensible to them,

OET-RV JOS 22:31

31 so Pinhas (the late Eleazar’s son) told them, “Today we realise that Yahweh is among us and that you all haven’t acted unfaithfully against him, so therefore you’ve prevented Yahweh from needing to punish us.”

OET-RV JOS 22:32

32 Then Pinhas and the other leaders left Gilead and returned back across the Yarden to the Kena’an (Canaan) region where most of the Israelis resided, taking back a good report.

OET-LV JOS 22:13

13 And_ the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) _they _sent to the _descendants _of Rəʼūⱱēn and_near/to the _descendants _of Gād and_near/to the _half _of the _tribe _of Mənashsheh to the _land _of (the)_Gilˊād DOM Pinḩāş the _son _of ʼElˊāzār the_priest/officer.

OET-LV JOS 22:30

30 And_ Pinḩāş the_priest/officer and_the _leaders _of the _congregation and_the _heads _of the _families _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) who with_him/it _he/it _listened DOM the_words/messages which the _descendants _of Rəʼūⱱēn and_the _sons of _Gād and_the _sons of _Mənashsheh they _spoke and_it _was _good in_eyes _of_their.

OET-LV JOS 22:31

31 And_ Pinḩāş the _son _of ʼElˊāzār the_priest/officer _he/it _said to the _descendants _of Rəʼūⱱēn and_near/to the _descendants _of Gād and_near/to the _descendants _of Mənashsheh the_day we _know if/because _that is_among _of_us YHWH that not you(pl)_have _acted _unfaithfully against_YHWH the_unfaithfulness the_this then you(pl)_have _delivered DOM the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) from_the _hand _of YHWH.

OET-LV JOS 22:32

32 And_he _returned Pinḩāş the _son _of ʼElˊāzār the_priest/officer and_the_leaders from_with the _descendants _of Rəʼūⱱēn and_from_with the _descendants _of Gād from_the _land _of (the)_Gilˊād to the _land _of Kənaˊan/(Canaan) to the _people _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_they _brought _back them message.

Show passage in OET: JDG 20:28

OET-RV JDG 20:28

28 and Pinhas (son of Aharon’s (Aaron’s) son Eleazar) was serving before it in those days), “Should we continue to go to the battle once more against the our cousins the Benyamites, or should we stop?”
¶ “Go back again, because tomorrow I’ll give you victory over them,” Yahweh responded.

OET-LV JDG 20:28

28 And_Pinḩāş the _son _of ʼElˊāzār the _son _of ʼAhₐron was_standing before_it in _the_days the_those to_say will_I _repeat again to_go _out for_battle with the _descendants _of Binyāmīn my_brother/kindred or will _I _cease and_ YHWH _he/it _said go _up if/because tomorrow I_will _give _him in_hand _of_your.

Show passage in OET: EZR 7:5

OET-RV EZR 7:5

5 son of Avishua, the son of Pinhas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aharon (Aaron) the head priest)

OET-LV EZR 7:5

5 The _son _of ʼAⱱīshūˊa the _son _of Pinḩāş the _son _of ʼElˊāzār the _son _of ʼAhₐron the_priest/officer the_head.

Show passage in OET: EZR 8:2

OET-RV EZR 8:2

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from the descendants of Pinhas: Gereshom,

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from the descendants of Itamar: Daniyel,

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from the descendants of David: Hatush,

OET-LV EZR 8:2

2 From_(the)_sons of _Pinḩāş Gērəshom from_(the)_sons of_ʼĪtāmār Dāniyy^ʼēl from_(the)_sons of _Dāvid Ḩaţţūsh.

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2. One of Eli’s two sons, who served as a priest at Shiloh (1 Sm 1:3). According to 1 Samuel, Phinehas was a despicable priest, who, along with Hophni his brother, profaned the offered sacrifices (2:12-17) and the sanctuary (v 22), and scorned Eli (v 25). His death was foretold to his father by a man of God (v 34). In a subsequent war with the Philistines, Phinehas was killed on the same day his wife bore him a son, named Ichabod (4:11, 17-19 OET SA1 4:11 · OET SA1 4:17–19; 14:3).

Show passage in OET: SA1 1:3

OET-RV SA1 1:3

3 Every year he would take his family to Shiloh to offer sacrifices to Commander-in-chief Yahweh. Eli was Yahweh’s priest there, and his two sons Hofni and Pinhas also served there.

OET-LV SA1 1:3

3 And_ the_man (the)_that _he/it _would _go _up from_city _of_his from_days to_days to_bow _down and_to_sacrifice to/for_YHWH soldiers/messengers in_Shiloh and_there the _two _of the _sons _of ˊĒlī Ḩofnī and_Pinehas were_priests to/for_YHWH.

Show passage in OET: SA1 2:12–17

OET-RV SA1 2:12

12 Now Eli’s sons were worthless scoundrels who didn’t obey Yahweh.

OET-RV SA1 2:13

13 It was the custom of those priests that when anyone was offering a sacrifice and as soon as the meat was boiling, the priest’s servant would come along holding a three-pronged fork

OET-RV SA1 2:14

14 and stick it into the pot or pan. The priest would then claim whatever the fork brought up. That’s what they did to all the Israelis who came to Shiloh to offer sacrifices.

OET-RV SA1 2:15

15 Also, before the fat was removed to burn, the priest’s servant would say to the person sacrificing, “Give some meat to the priest—he doesn’t want just boiled meat all the time—he’ll take some raw meat as well to roast.”

OET-RV SA1 2:16

16 But if the person tried to say, “Once the fat has all been burnt, then take whatever you want for yourself,” then he’d assert, “No, you’d better give it right now or I’ll take it by force.”

OET-RV SA1 2:17

17 And so the actions of those young men were very wicked in Yahweh’s mind because they just treated sacrifices to Yahweh with contempt.

OET-LV SA1 2:12

12 And_the _sons of _ˊĒlī were_sons _of worthlessness not they _knew DOM YHWH.

OET-LV SA1 2:13

13 And_the _custom _of the _priests with the_people every _of person who _was_sacrificing a _sacrifice and_ the _servant _of the_priest/officer _he _came just_as _boiled the_meat and_the_fork the _three the_prongs in_his/its_hand.

OET-LV SA1 2:14

14 And_he _thrust_it in_pot or in_pot or in_caldron or in_pot all that the_fork it _brought _up the_priest/officer he _took in/on/over_him/it thus they _did to/from_all/each/any/every Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) the_(ones _who)_went there in_Shiloh.

OET-LV SA1 2:15

15 Also before_before they_made _smoke DOM the_fat and_he _came the _servant _of the_priest/officer and_saying(ms) to_person who_was_sacrificing give meat to_roast to_priest and_not he _will _accept from_you meat boiled if/because (if) raw.

OET-LV SA1 2:16

16 And_he/it _said to_him/it the_man surely _(make _smoke) let_them _make _smoke as_day the_fat and_take to/for_yourself(m) just_as appetite _of_your it _desires and_saying(ms) mmm if/because now you _will _give_it and_if not I _take_it by_force.

OET-LV SA1 2:17

17 And_it _became the _sin _of the _young _men great very with the _presence _of YHWH if/because the_men they _treated _with _contempt DOM the _offering _of YHWH.

Show passage in OET: SA1 2:22

OET-RV SA1 2:22

22 Now Eli was very old and he had heard all about what his sons were doing to the Israeli people, and also that they were sleeping around with the women who worked at the sacred tent entrance.

OET-LV SA1 2:22

22 And_ˊĒlī he _was _old exceedingly and_he _heard DOM all _of that they_did sons _of_his to/from_all/each/any/every Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) and_DOM how they_were _lying with the_women who_were_serving the _opening _of the _tent _of meeting.

Show passage in OET: SA1 2:25

OET-RV SA1 2:25

25 If someone sins against a person, then God will mediate for him, but if someone sins against Yahweh, who will speak up for that person?” But they wouldn’t listen to their father’s advice because Yahweh wanted to put them to death.

OET-LV SA1 2:25

25 If a _person he _will _sin to_a _person and_he_will _mediate _for _him god and_if to/for_YHWH a _person he _will _sin who will _he _intercede to_him/it and_not they _listened to_sound/voice their _father _of_their if/because YHWH he _desired to_put_them _to _death.

Show passage in OET: SA1 2:34

OET-RV SA1 2:34

34 This will be the sign: it’ll turn out that your two sons Hofni and Pinhas will both die on the same day.

OET-LV SA1 2:34

34 And_this for_you will_be_the _sign which it _will _come to the _two _of sons _of_your to Ḩofnī and_Pinḩāş in/on_day one both _of_of _them they _will _die.

Show passage in OET: SA1 4:11; SA1 4:17–19

OET-RV SA1 4:11

11 As well as that, the box with God’s agreement was taken, and Eli’s two sons Hofni and Pinhas were killed.

OET-RV SA1 4:17

17 “Yisrael (Israel) fled defeated from the Pelishtim,” said the messenger. “And also, there has been a terrible slaughter of our people. What’s more, your two sons, Hofni and Pinhas, were killed, and the sacred chest has been captured.”

OET-RV SA1 4:18

18 The moment he mentioned the capturing of God’s box, Eli fell backwards off the seat beside the city gate. Because he was old and very heavy, his neck broke and he died. Eli had led Yisrael for forty years.

OET-RV SA1 4:19

19 Now Pinhas’ wife (Eli’s daughter-in-law) was pregnant—about to give birth—when she heard the news about the sacred chest being taken, and that both her father-in-law and her husband had died. At that moment, she knelt down and gave birth because the birth pains suddenly started.

OET-LV SA1 4:11

11 And_the _box _of god it _was _taken and_the _two _of the _sons _of ˊĒlī they _died Ḩofnī and_Pinḩāş.

OET-LV SA1 4:17

17 And_ the _bearer_news _he _answered and_he/it _said Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) it _has _fled to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before the_Pəlishtiy and_also a _slaughter great it _has _been among_people and_also the _two _of sons _of_your they _have _died Ḩofnī and_Pinḩāş and_the _box _of the_ʼElohīm it _has _been _taken.

OET-LV SA1 4:18

18 And_he/it _was just_as_he _brought _to _remembrance DOM the _box _of the_ʼElohīm and_he _fell from_under the_seat backwards behind the _side _of the _gate and_ neck _of_his _it _was _broken and_he/it _died if/because the_man he _was _old and_heavy and_he he _had _judged DOM Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) forty year[s].

OET-LV SA1 4:19

19 And_daughter-in-law _of_his the _wife _of Pinḩāş was_pregnant to_give _birth and_she _heard DOM the_report concerning of _the _box _of the_ʼElohīm the _being _taken and_ father-in-law _of_her and_husband _of_her _he _had _died and_she _bowed _down and_she/it _gave _birth if/because they _turned on/upon_it(f) pangs _of_her.

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3. Eleazer’s father. Eleazer helped Meremoth and the Levites, Jozabad and Noadiah, take inventory of the temple’s precious metals and vessels during the postexilic era (Ezr 8:33).