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H6372

פִּינְחָס

Pîynᵉchâç · pee-nekh-aws'

Pinechas, the name of three Israelites

Lexicon

Derivation: apparently from H6310 (פֶּה) and a variation of H5175 (נָחָשׁ); mouth of a serpent;

Pinechas, the name of three Israelites

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: Phinehas.

Letters

פ
Pe
י
Yod
נ
Nun
ח
Het
ס
Samekh
  1. פPe80

    Picture: an open mouth

    Concrete
    mouth · lips · teeth
    Extended
    to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
  2. יYod10

    Picture: arm and closed hand

    Concrete
    hand · arm · work
    Extended
    a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
  3. נNun50

    Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water

    Concrete
    seed · sprout · fish · offspring
    Extended
    life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
  4. חHet8

    Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure

    Concrete
    wall · fence · tent wall
    Extended
    to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
  5. סSamekh60

    Picture: a prop or pillar

    Concrete
    pillar · prop · thorn
    Extended
    to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

to speak, the word › the hand that works › the seed, life continuing › to separate and protect › to support and uphold

To speak, the word of the hand that works of the seed, life continuing that works to separate and protect that works to support and uphold.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פִּינְחָס above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.

Usage

25 occurrences · 25 OT · 0 NT · 19 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

  • and phinehas9 · 36%
  • phinehas7 · 28%
  • of phinehas4 · 16%
  • and when phinehas2 · 8%
  • him phinehas1 · 4%
  • them and phinehas1 · 4%
  • that pertained to phinehas1 · 4%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

פִּֽינְחָ֣ס4פִּֽינְחָ֑ס2פִּֽינְחָס֙2וּפִֽינְחָֽס׃2פִּֽינְחָ֔ס1וּפִֽינְחָ֣ס1וּפִֽינְחָ֑ס1פִּינְחָ֨ס1פִּינְחָס֮1פִּ֨ינְחָ֜ס1וּ֠פִינְחָס1פִּֽינְחָ֖ס1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.

Concordance