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Strong's H6372 פִּינְחָס (pinechac)

Pinechac means “Phinehas” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H6372
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 24
Books 8

Strong's H6372 Quick Answer

Strong's H6372 פִּינְחָס (Piynchac) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Piynchac (pee-nekh-aws') n/p. 1. mouth of a serpent 2. Pinechas, the name of three Israelites It has 24 linked Bible usages across 8 books. Visible English usage signals include son, phinehas, children, eleazar, and priest. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
Piynchac (pee-nekh-aws') n/p. 1. mouth of a serpent 2. Pinechas, the name of three Israelites
Usage
24 linked usages
Books
8 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
son, phinehas, children, eleazar, and priest

Meaning and Definition

Piynchac (pee-nekh-aws') n/p. 1. mouth of a serpent 2. Pinechas, the name of three Israelites [apparently from H6310 and a variation of H5175] KJV: Phinehas. Root(s): H6310, H5175

Original Word
פִּינְחָס
Transliteration
Piynchac
Derivation
Root: נחשׁ First root strongs: 6310 Second root strongs: 5175
Morphology
name

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H6372. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

Phinehas

Usage: A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.6.25; son of: Eleazar (H0499) and the daughter_of_Putiel (H6317H); father of: Abishua (H0050) § Phinehas = "mouth of brass" 1) son of Eleazar and grandson of Aaron; his zealousness for the Lord averted a plague on Israel and gained him the promise of the Lord of an everlasting priesthood in his family 2) a priest and the son of the priest Eli 3) the father of a helper of Ezra

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

son phinehas children eleazar priest sons lord israel aaron hand two hophni

How Strong's H6372 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 24 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H6372 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H6372 in the Old Testament

24 indexed usages in Old Testament.

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.

Usage Excerpts

First 24 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6372.

Exodus 6:25 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
1 Samuel 4:17 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, 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 Old Testament, KJV
Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua,
1 Chronicles 6:50 Old Testament, KJV
And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
1 Chronicles 9:20 Old Testament, KJV
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and the LORD was with him.
Ezra 7:5 Old Testament, KJV
The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest:
Ezra 8:2 Old Testament, KJV
Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush.
Ezra 8:33 Old Testament, 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;
Psalms 106:30 Old Testament, KJV
Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H6372, grouped by book.

Exodus 1 usage, Old Testament
Numbers 3 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 5 usages, Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 7 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 3 usages, Old Testament
Ezra 3 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H6372 FAQ

What does pinechac (פִּינְחָס) mean?

Pinechac (Strong's H6372) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Phinehas". Piynchac (pee-nekh-aws') n/p. 1. mouth of a serpent 2. Pinechas, the name of three Israelites

How many times is pinechac (פִּינְחָס) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 24 linked usages for Strong's H6372 across 8 books.

Where can I study pinechac (פִּינְחָס) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6372 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate pinechac (פִּינְחָס)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as son, phinehas, children, eleazar, priest, and sons. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.