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English
Etymology
From Biblical Hebrew פּוֹטִיפַר (potifár).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
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
an Egyptian and captain of the guard
Spanish
Proper noun
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.