A name from Scripture
Phinehas
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Meaning
Mouth of brass; The Nubian
Egyptian / Hebrew origin · Boy · First in Exodus
What it points to
Phinehas' zeal for God's holiness earned him an everlasting covenant of peace. His story teaches that passionate devotion to God's honor — even at personal cost — brings lasting blessing.
Verses · King James Version
“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.”
Numbers 25:11
“Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed. And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore.”
Psalm 106:30-31