"Phineas" meaning in English

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          "text": "And when Phineas the sonne of Eleazer the sonne of Aaro the preast sawe it he rose vp out of the companye and toke a wepon in his hande",
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "given name",
          "word": "菲尼亞斯"
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