Personal name meaning, tadpole Egyptian. In (1 Sam 1:3), son of Eli and priest at Shiloh. He and his brother Phinehas were disreputable men who were contemptuous of sacred matters. They were slain in battle against the Philistines (1 Sam 4:4). The news of their deaths precipitated the death of their father Eli (1 Sam 4:18).
hophni (5)
1 Sam 1:3, 1 Sam 2:34, 1 Sam 4:4, 1 Sam 4:11, 1 Sam 4:17
1170 BC - 1104 BC