Phinees

Phinees fin'-e-es (Phinees; Codex Vaticanus (Swete), Pheinees (Esdras 8:2)):

(1) Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron (Esdras 5:5, 8:2,29, Esdras 1:2, Macc 2:26; Wisdom of Sirach 45:23).

(2) The father of Achias and son of Hell (Eli), a descendant of (1), and one of Ezra's progenitors (Esdras 1:2); but this link is not found in Ezra's genealogy (Esdras 8:1 f), nor in Ezr 7:1 ff; 1Ch 6, and its insertion in Esdras 1:2 is a mistake, since Ezra's descent was from Eleazar, while this Phinees (Phinehas) was a descendant of Ithamar, the youngest son of Aaron.

(3) A Levite, the father of Eleazar (Esdras 8:63) equals "Phinehas" of Ezr 8:33. but it is just possible that the well-known Eleazar (1) is referred to here, and so not another and different Phinees.

(4) The King James Version equals the Revised Version (British and American) "Phinoe" (Esdras 5:31).

S. Angus