Lexical Summary Pharaō: Pharaoh, an Eg. king Original Word: ΦαραώTransliteration: Pharaō Phonetic Spelling: (far-ah-o') Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Short Definition: Pharaoh, an Eg. king Meaning: Pharaoh -- an Egyptian king Strong's Concordance Pharaoh. Of foreign origin (Par'oh); Pharao (i.e. Pharoh), an Egyptian king -- Pharaoh. see HEBREW Par'oh Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5328: ΦαραώΦαραώ (פַּרְעֹה; in Josephus, Antiquities 2, 13 and 14 Φαραωθης (also Φαραων, Φαρωνος, 8, 6, 2, etc.)), ὁ (indeclinable, Buttmann, 15 (14)), Pharaoh, the common title of the ancient kings of Egypt (ὁ φαραων κατ' Αἰγυπτίους βασιλέα σημαίνει, Josephus, Antiquities 8, 6, 2 (according to Ebers (in Riehm, under the word Pharao) the name is only the Hebrew form of the Egyptian per-aa denoting (as even Horapollo 1, 62 testifies) great house, a current title of kings akin to the Turkish sublime porte; others besides; see BB. DD., under the word)): Acts 7:13, 21; Romans 9:17; Hebrews 11:24; Φαραώ, with βασιλεύς Αἰγύπτου added in apposition (as if Φαραώ were a proper name, as sometimes in the O. T.: מִצְרַיִם מֶלֶך פַּרעֹה, 1 Kings 3:1; 1 Kings 9:16; |
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