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PHINEHAS
Gender: Masculine Usage: Biblical Other Scripts: פִינְחָס (Hebrew) Pronounced: FIN-ee-əs (English) [key]
Probably means "Nubian" from the Egyptian name Panhsj, though some believe it means "serpent's mouth" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament Phinehas was a grandson of Aaron who killed an Israelite because he was intimate with a Midianite woman, thus stopping a plague sent by God. Also in the Bible this was the son of Eli, killed in battle with the Philistines.
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