Phineas Nigellus means Black Black
Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)
catlady at wicca.net
Sun Jun 29 18:15:40 UTC 2003
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NIGEL m English
Pronounced: NIE-jel
>From Nigellus, a Latinized form of NEIL. It is sometimes associated
with Latin niger "black".
PHINEAS m Biblical (Variant), English
Pronounced: FIN-ee-as
Variant of PHINEHAS used in some versions of the Bible.
Phinehas is Pinhas (Pinchas). I already knew (and Beyond the Name
agrees) that Pinhas is from the Egyptian name Pa-Nehasi, meaning the
Nubian (like modern kids are named Scott, Norman, Dane).
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