OT Characters: Phinehas

<p>For additional notes and resources check out Douglas' <a href="https://www.douglasjacoby.com/ot18-phinehasmp3/">website</a>.</p><p><strong>Hebrew words:</strong></p><ul><li><i>Phinechas </i>– "mouth of brass" or possibly "negro" (in old Egyptian). Appears first in Exodus 6:25, and also in 17 other OT location. Not to be confused with a later Phinehas (son of Eli, 1 Samuel 1:3) and yet another Phinehas in Ezra 8:33. Although his name was imitable, apparently his character was less imitable!</li><li><i>Tsamad </i>– join, yoke (Numbers 25:3); <i>tsemed </i>= couple, pair</li><li><i>Qubbah </i>– large vaulted tent. There exists a similar word in Arabic meaning "camp sanctuary." Appears only here in Bible.</li><li><i>Qin’ah </i>– ardor, zeal, jealousy (Hebrew). From <i>qana’ </i>= be jealous.</li><li><i>Zelos </i>– jealousy, zeal (Greek NT and LXX). Whereas in English the Greek root evolved into two adjectives (<i>zealous </i>and <i>jealous</i>), it did not evolve to two nouns (<i>zeal </i>and <i>"jeal"</i>). But it could have!</li></ul><p><strong>Further study:</strong></p><ul><li>Passages the podcast covered or referred to:<ul><li>Number 25</li><li>Exodus 32; Leviticus 10; 2 Samuel 6</li><li>James 4:7-10</li><li>Romans 12:11 (see also Revelation 3:16); Colossians 1:28-2:1; 3:1ff; 3:16; 4:2-6.</li><li>Matthew 5:30; 1 Corinthians 5:5,7,13; 6:17; 2 Thessalonians 3:6-15; Hebrews 13:4; Revelation 21:8.</li><li>In the NT: 2 Peter 2:15, Jude 11, Revelation 2:14</li><li>Psalm 106:28-31</li><li>(2 Cor 11:2 -- here Paul is jealous [zēlô] with a zeal [zēlō].)</li></ul></li><li>Advanced<ul><li>Phinehas was chief of the Korahite Levites (1 Chronicles 9:20). Learn more about him in Joshua 22:13ff, 30-32 and Judges 20:28ff.</li><li>He is lauded in the Apocrypha in 1 Maccabees 2:26, 54 and Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 45:23-24.</li><li>He's even mentioned three times in the Dead Sea Scrolls.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Some things we learn about God:</strong></p><ul><li>God's jealousy, which is sinless, is white-hot, holy, and cann