Strong's #2652: Chophniy (pronounced khof-nee')

from 2651; perhaps pugilist; Chophni, an Israelite:--Hophni.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

chophnı̂y

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

Part of Speech: noun proper masculine

Relation: from H2651

Usage:

This word is used 5 times:

 

1 Samuel 1:3: "unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas,"
1 Samuel 2:34: "thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die"
1 Samuel 4:4: "between the cherubims: and the two of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with"
1 Samuel 4:11: "and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain."
1 Samuel 4:17: "and thy two also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God"