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 · לְפֽוֹטִיפַר֙The Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard.Genesis 39:1 · פּוֹטִיפַר֩Joseph was brought down to Egypt. Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the hand of the Ishmaelites that had brought him down there.