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HebrewH6318Proper Noun (Masculine)

פּוֹטִיפַר

po.ti.phar

2Occurrences
H6318Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Potiphar, an Egyptian

of Egyptian derivation;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the Egyptians living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at § 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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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

פּוֹטִיפַר appears 2 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
2

Key Passages

Genesis 37:36BSB

Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.

Genesis 39:1BSB

Meanwhile, Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, where an Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.