Pinchas

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Hebrew

"dark-skinned"

Pinchas Origin and Meaning

The name Pinchas is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "dark-skinned".

Famous violinist-conductor Pinchas Zuckerman is the most famous modern bearer; the biblical Pinchas was the son of Eleazar and the grandson of Aaron -- both preferable name choices.

Famous People Named Pinchas

• Pinchas aka Phineas Biblical Exodus priest, grandson of Aaron and son of Eleazar
• Pinchas Zukerman Israeli violinist and conductor
• Pinchas Sapir Israeli Knesset member
• Pinchas Rosen first Israeli minister of justice
• Pinchas Steinberg Israeli conductor
• Pinchas Menachem Alter Polish Gerrer Rebbe
• Pinchas A. Stolper American rabbi and author
• Pinchas Cohen Gan Israeli painter

Pinchas in Pop Culture

• Pinchas Melchitsekek poor poet and scholar in "Children of the Ghetto" (1892) by Israel Zangwill
• Herschel Shmoikel Pinchas Yerucham Krustofski aka Krusty the Clown character on TV's "The Simpsons"