Potiphar

English

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew פּוֹטִיפַר (potifár), from Egyptian pꜣ-dj-pꜣ-rꜥ (“he whom Ra gave”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒt.ɪ.fɑː/, /ˈpɒt.ɪ.fə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑ.tə.fɚ/

Proper noun

Potiphar

1. (biblical) An Egyptian and captain of the guard under Pharaoh.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 39:1:

     And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmaelites, which had brought him down thither.

Translations

an Egyptian and captain of the guard

• Arabic: فُوطِيفَار m (fūṭīfār), قِطْفِير m (qiṭfīr), قُطْفِير m (quṭfīr)
• Armenian:

  Old Armenian: Պետափրէս (Petapʻrēs)

• Greek:

  Ancient: Πετεφρῆς (Petephrês)

• Hebrew: פוטיפר m (potifár)
• Italian: Putifarre m
• Latin: Pūtiphar m
• Portuguese: Potifar m, Putifar m
• Spanish: Potiphar

Spanish

Proper noun

Potiphar m

1. Potiphar
   • 1602, Casiodoro de Reina, La Santa Biblia, rev., Genesis 39:1

     Y llevado José á Egipto, comprólo Potiphar, eunuco de Faraón, capitán de los de la guardia, varón Egipcio, de mano de los Ismaelitas que lo habían llevado allá.

     And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.

     (KJV)