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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #6319 - פּוֹטִי פֶרַע

Transliteration

Pôwṭîy Pheraʻ

Phonetics

po'-tee feh'-rah

Origin

of Egyptian derivation

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Poti-pherah = "he whom the Ra gave"
1. an Egyptian, priest of On, father of Asenath, the wife whom Pharaoh gave to Joseph

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (3)

Genesis 3

BSB (3)

Genesis 6

CSB (3)

Genesis 3

ESV (3)

Genesis 3

KJV (3)

Genesis 3

LEB (3)

Genesis 3

LSB (3)

Genesis 3

N95 (3)

Genesis 3

NAS (3)

Genesis 3

NLT (0)

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

WEB (3)

Genesis 3

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מּוֺטִי פֶ֫רַע proper name, masculine priest of On, Joseph's father-in-law (Egyptian P°-di°-p°-R±, i.e. he whom the Ra gave, see Sethe^{De aleph prosthetico in ling. aeg. (1892), 31}; Dr in Hastings^DB); — Genesis 41:45,50 (E), Genesis 46:20 (P), Πετεφρης, A Πετρεφης.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

פּוֹטִי פֶרַע Egypt. pr.n. Potiphera, the father-in-law of Joseph, the priest of Heliopolis, Genesis 41:45, 46:20. LXX. Πετεφρῆ, Πεντεφρῆ, ⲡⲧⲁⲡⲣⲏ, i.e. who belongs to the sun. See Champollion, Précis du Systèms Hieroglyphique, Tableau Général, page 23.

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List of Word Forms

פֶ֖רַע פֶ֛רַע פרע Fera p̄e·ra‘ p̄era‘