Pôwṭîyphar — H6318

Definition

masculine proper noun

Potiphar, an Egyptian

1. Potiphar = "belonging to the sun"
2. an officer of Pharaoh, chief of the executioners, and the master to whom Joseph was sold as a slave

Usually translated as

Potiphar

Origin

of Egyptian derivation

Occurrences

Pôwṭîyphar occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (2)

• Genesis 37:36 — And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar (לְפֽוֹטִיפַר֙), an officer of Pharaoh’s, and captain of the guard.
• Genesis 39:1 — And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar (פּוֹטִיפַר֩), an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.