Potiphar

From Biblical Hebrew פּוֹטִיפַר (potifár), from Egyptian pꜣ-dj-pꜣ-rꜥ (“he whom Ra gave”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒt.ɪ.fɑː/, /ˈpɒt.ɪ.fə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑ.tə.fɚ/

Potiphar

1. (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.

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1. 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.

     (KJV)