Etymograph

English

Phinehas

Phinehas may come from Biblical Hebrew פִּינְחָס.

  1. Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEפִּינְחָסPīnəḥāsdisputed
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1611Phinehas

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Biblical Hebrewc. 1000–200 BCEפִּינְחָסPīnəḥāsdisputed
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1611Phinehas

Earliest quotation: 1611, The Holy Bible, London: […] Robert Barker: “And this shall be a sign unto thee, that…”

The story

From Biblical Hebrew פִּינְחָס (Pīnəḥās); further derivation is uncertain. פִּינְחָס (Pīnəḥās) has been suggested to derive from Egyptian pꜣ-nḥsj (literally “the Nubian”), from pꜣ + nḥsj.disputed Scholars disagree here; the competing view is quoted as the source gives it. Alternatively, within Judaism the name has been suggested to be a compound of the elements פה (mouth) and נחש (intuitive knowledge), and so meaning "oracle", but this has been suggested to be an example of folk etymology made after the fact.folk etymology The source marks this as unproven or a folk etymology. Quoted, not asserted.

Every English word from Biblical Hebrew פִּינְחָס

Today it means

name Any of a number of figures of the Old Testament, including a son of Eli and a grandson of Aaron.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Biblical Hebrew פִּינְחָס / Phinehas

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