Potiphar

[ pot-uh-fer ]

/ ˈpɒt ə fər /

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noun

the Egyptian officer whose wife tried to seduce Joseph. Genesis 39:1–20.

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Origin of Potiphar

Hebrew Pōṭīphar, Pōthīpheraʿ, from Egyptian p,ʾdj p,ʾre “he whom (the god) Re gives”

Words nearby Potiphar

pothouse, pothunter, potiche, Potidaea, potion, Potiphar, potjie , potlatch, potlicker, potline, pot liquor

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How to use Potiphar in a sentence

Joseph was then thirty years of age, having served Potiphar ten years, and spent two or three years in prison.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume II|John Lord
But neither Joseph nor Potiphar could by any possibility have heard of the laws enunciated on Sinai.
Ancient Faiths And Modern|Thomas Inman
She's a beauty, gentlemen, sired by the famous Potiphar who won the Epsom Handicap and no end of minor stakes.
Boyhood in Norway|Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen
When he is a slave in Potiphar's house he discharges all his duties so discreetly that the prison-keeper trusts him implicitly.
Living for the Best|James G. K. McClure

Even centuries before, had not Potiphar's wife, from whom Joseph fled, resorted to certain successful slanderous means?
Atlantis|Gerhart Hauptmann

British Dictionary definitions for Potiphar

Potiphar

/ (ˈpɒtɪfə) /

noun

Old Testament one of Pharaoh's officers, who bought Joseph as a slave (Genesis 37:36)

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