Lexicon for Strong Number 2652 (Hebrew Word)
Chophniy {khof-nee'}
from 02651;; n pr m
AV - Hophni 5; 5
Hophni = "pugilist"
1) one of the two sons of Eli who were priests at Shiloh and were noted
for their brutality and lust; their sinfulness provoked a curse
against their father's house and were judged by the Lord when they
took the ark into battle; the ark was lost and both brothers were
killed and Eli died when he heard the news
Concordance for Strong Number 2652 (Total Occurrence: 5)
1 Samuel 1:3
And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there. yearly: Heb. from year to year
1 Samuel 2:34
And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.
1 Samuel 4:4
So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
1 Samuel 4:11
And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain. were slain: Heb. died
1 Samuel 4:17
And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.
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