Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon
פּוֹטִיפַר
- Transliteration
- Pôwṭîyphar
- Pronunciation
- po-tee-far'
- Language
- Hebrew
- Indexed occurrences
- 2
Glosses
Potiphar.
Lexicon definition
Potiphar, an Egyptian
SUBJECT · Complete Bible Study
Potiphar
Bull of Africa; a fat bull Potiphar is rendered in the installed Bible Names resource as “bull of Africa; a fat bull.” This unified study connects 8 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.
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- Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
- Historical Reference: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
- Historical Reference: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
- Historical Reference: concordance
- Historical Reference: Installed reference work
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- Subject type
- Subject
- Strong’s
- H6318
- Hebrew
- פּוֹטִיפַר · Pôwṭîyphar
- Name meaning
- bull of Africa; a fat bull According to Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Strong’s and original-language information
H6318
Greek lexical coverage
No safely matched Greek Strong’s entry
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Complete dictionary entries
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Potiphar
bull of Africa; a fat bull
Source: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · View data sources
Concordance
Strong's Concordance
Potiphar
Indexed occurrences: 4
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All Scripture references7 references
Genesis 4
1 Kings 1
2 Kings 1
Acts 1
Topical Bible
Nave's Topical Bible
POTIPHAR
Entry:
Nave’s Topical Bible references for POTIPHAR.
Indexed references: 1
Scripture references:
Source: Nave's Topical Bible · View data sources
Bible Names
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Potiphar
Meaning:
bull of Africa; a fat bull
Source: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · View data sources
Sources
- Historical Reference: Nave’s Topical Bible — Public domain
- Historical Reference: Hitchcock’s Bible Names Dictionary (1869)
- Historical Reference: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
- Historical Reference: concordance
- Historical Reference: Installed reference work
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POTIPHAR
Nave’s Topical Bible references for POTIPHAR.
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Potiphar
bull of Africa; a fat bull
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Prison
The first occasion on which we read of a prison is in the history of Joseph in Egypt. Then Potiphar, "Joseph's master, took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound" (Gen. 39:20-23). The Heb. word here used (sohar) means properly a round tower or fortress. It seems to have been a part of Potiphar's house, a place in which state prisoners were kept. The Mosaic law made no provision for imprisonment as a punishment. In the wilderness two persons were "put in ward" (Lev. 24:12; Num. 15:34), but it was only till the mind of God concerning them should be ascertained. Prisons and prisoners are mentioned in the book of Psalms (69:33; 79:11; 142:7). Samson was confined in a Philistine prison (Judg. 16:21, 25). In the subsequent history of Israel frequent references are made to prisons (1 Kings 22:27; 2 Kings 17:4; 25:27, 29; 2 Chr. 16:10; Isa. 42:7; Jer. 32:2). Prisons seem to have been common in New Testament times (Matt. 11:2; 25:36, 43). The apostles were put into the "common prison" at the instance of the Jewish council (Acts 5:18, 23; 8:3); and at Philippi Paul and Silas were thrust into the "inner prison" (16:24; comp. 4:3; 12:4, 5).
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