Potiphera
פּוֹטִי פֶ֫רַעStrong’s H6319poti phera (po-ti phe-ra)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Poti phera is the Hebrew word usually translated “poti-” and “-phera”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.”
Meaning
- A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.41.45
How it's translated
- poti- 3
- -phera 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 3
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Hebrew dictionary
פּוֹטִי פֶ֫רַע poti phera · Potiphera
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.41.45; father of: Asenath (H0621) § Poti-pherah = "he whom the Ra gave" an Egyptian, priest of On, father of Asenath, the wife whom Pharaoh gave to Joseph
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.