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Phinehas or Pinhas -
פִּינְח&
#1464;ס, Standard Hebrew Pinəḥas,
Tiberian Hebrew PÃŪnəħās is the
name of two characters in the Bible.

==Grandson of Aaron==
Son of Eleazar, the high priest (Ex. 6:25). While
yet a youth he distinguished himself at Shittim by
his zeal against the immorality into which the
Moabites had tempted the people (Num. 25:1-9), and
thus "stayed the plague" that had broken out among
the people, and by which twenty-four thousand of
them perished. He killed an Israelite man, Zimri,
and a Midianite woman, Cozbi, who were sleeping
together (Book of Numbers 25:6-15).  This has been
used to justify attacking interracial couples,
notably by some Christian Identity believers under
the banner of the Phineas Priesthood.    

For his faithfulness on that occasion he received
the divine approbation (10-13). He afterwards
commanded the army that went out against the
Midianites (31:6-8). When representatives of the
people were sent to expostulate with the two and a
half tribes who, just after crossing Jordan, built
an altar and departed without giving any
explanation, Phinehas was their leader, and
addressed them in the words recorded in Josh.
22:16-20. Their explanation follows. This great
altar was intended to be all ages only a witness
that they still formed a part of Israel. Phinehas
was afterwards the chief adviser in the war with
the Benjamites. He is commemorated in Ps. 106:30,
31. (See ED.)

==Son of Eli the Judge==
One of the sons of Eli, the high priest (1 Sam.
1:3; 2:12). He and his brother Hophni were guilty
of inreverence in doing their priestly duties, for
which destruction came on the house of Eli (31).
He died in battle with the Philistines (1 Sam.
4:4, 11); and his wife, on hearing of his death,
gave birth to a son, whom she called "Ichabod,"
and then she died (19-22).

==Source==
* eastons