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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6548
par.oh choph.ra — (Pharaoh)-hophra
A man of the Egyptians living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.37.5 Combined with par.oh (פַּרְעֹה "Pharaoh" H6547R) § Pharaoh-hophra = "the great house -covering evil" the Pharaoh of Egypt at the time of the conquest by Nebuchadnezzar
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →I.e., PHARAOH-HOPHRA (called Apries by the Greek historian Herodotus) king of Egypt (B.C. 591-572) in the time of Zedekiah, king of Judah (Jer. 37:5 44:30; Ezek. 29:6, 7).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
