Quick Definition
Potiphar
Biblical Persons & Places
Potiphar
Egyptian living at the time of the Patriarchs
A man of the Egyptians living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.37.36;
only referred to as Potiphar (פּוֹטִיפַר).
Strong's Definition
Potiphar, an Egyptian
Derivation: of Egyptian derivation;
KJV Usage: Potiphar.
Outline of Biblical Usage
Potiphar = "belonging to the sun"
1) an officer of Pharaoh, chief of the executioners, and the master to whom Joseph was sold as a slave
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
פּוֹטִיפַר (po.ti.phar) — Potiphar. A man of the Egyptians living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.37.36 § Potiphar = "belonging to the sun" an officer of Pharaoh, chief of the executioners, and the master to whom Joseph was sold as a slave
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
פּוֹטִיפַר n.pr.m. Joseph's master base