Phineas

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek. See Phineus. Alternative source from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Hebrew. See Phinehas.

Proper noun

Phineas

1. Phinehas.
2. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
   • 1526, Tyndale edition of the Bible, Numbers 25:7:

     And when Phineas the sonne of Eleazer the sonne of Aaro the preast sawe it he rose vp out of the companye and toke a wepon in his hande

   • 1857, Dinah Craik, John Halifax, Gentleman, Chapter XL:

     And we'll rub up our old Latin, and dip into modern poetry—great rubbish, I fear! Nobody like our old friend Will of Avon, or even your namesake, worthy Phineas Fletcher.

Translations

biblical character — see Phinehas

given name

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 飛哥／飞哥 (fēi gē) (simplified)

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• Japanese: フィニアス (Finiasu)

Anagrams

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