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Phinehas
Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary
Son of Eleazar the priest. He was the third high priest, from the first order of the priesthood. Aaron, Eleazar and Phinehas. The name seems to have been derived Panah, to shine, See an honorable testimony given by the Lord himself to this man. (Numbers 25:6-13) There was another Phinehas in Scripture, but of a very different character, namely, Phineas the son of Eli.
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Hawker, Robert D.D. Entry for 'Phinehas'. Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance and Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/pmd/p/phinehas.html. London. 1828.