Lintup was born in Dvinsk to Yehuda Leib HaKohen Lintup, a rabbi.
In 1876, Pinchas was appointed rabbi in Vabolnik, Lithuania prior to being sought out by the Hasidic Jews of Biržai to lead their community in 1888.
His student Menachem Mendel Frieden noted that Lintup was known as “one of the great rabbis of Lithuania . . .
sharp and well versed in the entire treasury of Jewish law, he knew almost the entire Talmud by heart, he studied philosophy and progressive ideas, and he was pious and zealous.”
Lintup was a Religious Zionist and supporter of the Mizrachi movement.
 
Lintup and his wife sought passage to Palestine in 1924.
Kook requested a visa for them from the British Governorate on 24 March, 1924.
This request was approved on 30 July 1924, However, Lintup had passed away two months prior.

Lintup died on 1 June 1924 in Biržai and was buried in the city's Jewish cemetery.
Lintup was born in Dvinsk to Yehuda Leib HaKohen Lintup, a rabbi. In 1876, Pinchas was appointed rabbi in Vabolnik, Lithuania prior to being sought out by the Hasidic Jews of Biržai to lead their community in 1888. His student Menachem Mendel Frieden noted that Lintup was known as “one of the great rabbis of Lithuania . . . sharp and well versed in the entire treasury of Jewish law, he knew almost the entire Talmud by heart, he studied philosophy and progressive ideas, and he was pious and zealous.” Lintup was a Religious Zionist and supporter of the Mizrachi movement.  
Lintup and his wife sought passage to Palestine in 1924. Kook requested a visa for them from the British Governorate on 24 March, 1924. This request was approved on 30 July 1924, However, Lintup had passed away two months prior.
Lintup died on 1 June 1924 in Biržai and was buried in the city's Jewish cemetery.
Pinchas HaKohen Lintup