Phinehas

2 definitions found

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Phinehas
     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 thousand of them perished.
     For his faithfulness on that occasion he received the divine
     approbation (10-13). He afterwards commanded the army that went
     out against the Midianites (31:6-8). When representatives of the
     people were sent to expostulate with the two and a half tribes
     who, just after crossing Jordan, built an altar and departed
     without giving any explanation, Phinehas was their leader, and
     addressed them in the words recorded in Josh. 22:16-20. Their
     explanation follows. This great altar was intended to be all
     ages only a witness that they still formed a part of Israel.
     Phinehas was afterwards the chief adviser in the war with the
     Benjamites. He is commemorated in Ps. 106:30, 31. (See {ED}.)
     
       (2.) One of the sons of Eli, the high priest (1 Sam. 1:3;
     2:12). He and his brother Hophni were guilty of great crimes,
     for which destruction came on the house of Eli (31). He died in
     battle with the Philistines (1 Sam. 4:4, 11); and his wife, on
     hearing of his death, gave birth to a son, whom she called
     "Ichabod," and then she died (19-22).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Phinehas, bold aspect; face of trust or protection