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 Medanites have sold him unto Egypt, to Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, head of the executioners.Genesis 39:1 · פּוֹטִיפַר֩And Joseph hath been brought down to Egypt, and Potiphar, a eunuch of Pharaoh, head of the executioners, an Egyptian man, buyeth him out of the hands of the Ishmaelites who have brought him thither.