A man of the Egyptians living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.37.36 § Potiphar = "belonging to the sun" an officer of Pharaoh, chief of the executioners, and the master to whom Joseph was sold as a slave
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H6318 — פּוֹטִיפַר
po.ti.phar · Potiphar · Hebrew/Aramaic
2 tagged verse occurrences
Genesis 37:36 · לְפֽוֹטִיפַר֙And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard.Genesis 39:1 · פּוֹטִיפַר֩And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hand of the Ishmaelites, that had brought him down thither.