Word Study · Strong's H6318 · Hebrew
פּוֹטִיפַר
Potiphar
po-tee-far'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Pôwṭîyphar
“Potiphar, an Egyptian”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Potiphar, an Egyptian
Rendered in the KJV as
Potiphar.
- 2occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 2 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- לְפֽוֹטִיפַר֙1
- פּוֹטִיפַר֩1
How it is rendered · 2
- Potiphar1
- to Potiphar1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)1
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 1
- HR/Npm · 1
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The ledger of occurrences
Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 37:36לְפֽוֹטִיפַר֙lefotifarpreposition + proper noun (a name)Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.here: to Potiphar
- Genesis 39:1פּוֹטִיפַר֩potifarproper noun (a name)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.here: Potiphar