Potiphar
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Biblical Hebrew פּוֹטִיפַר (potifár).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Potiphar
- (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
[edit]an Egyptian and captain of the guard
Spanish
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Potiphar m
- 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.
- 1602, Casiodoro de Reina, La Santa Biblia, rev., Genesis 39:1