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Strong's #6318 - פּוֹטִיפַר

Transliteration

Pôwṭîyphar

Phonetics

po-tee-far'

Origin

of Egyptian derivation

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Potiphar = "belonging to the sun"
1. an officer of Pharaoh, chief of the executioners, and the master to whom Joseph was sold as a slave

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (2)

Genesis 2

BSB (2)

Genesis 2

CSB (2)

Genesis 2

ESV (2)

Genesis 2

KJV (2)

Genesis 2

LEB (2)

Genesis 2

LSB (2)

Genesis 2

N95 (2)

Genesis 2

NAS (2)

Genesis 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (2)

Genesis 2

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מּוֺטִיפַר proper name, masculine Joseph's master (abbreviated from following); — Genesis 37:36 (E), Genesis 39:1 (R^J), Πετεφρης, etc.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

פּוֹטִיפַר (an abbreviated form for פּוֹטִי פֶרַע) [Potiphar], pr.n. of the captain of Pharaoh’s guard, Genesis 39:1.

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List of Word Forms

לְפֽוֹטִיפַר֙ לפוטיפר פּוֹטִיפַר֩ פוטיפר lə·p̄ō·w·ṭî·p̄ar lefotiFar ləp̄ōwṭîp̄ar pō·w·ṭî·p̄ar potiFar pōwṭîp̄ar