Lexical Definition

‎פַּרְעֹה‎ Parʻôh (par-o') Pharaoh ^N:N--T
of Egyptian derivation

Pharaoh.

• § Pharaoh = "great house"
• Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings

1) the common title of the king of Egypt

See Greek: Φαραώ

Extended Information

• A man of the Egyptians living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.18
• father of: Bithiah (בִּתְיָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎פַּרְעה‎₂₇₅ noun masculine Pharaoh, Φαραω, title of Egyptain kings (Egyptian pr-±o, great house, of royal court, and (in new kingdom) of king Griffith^{Hastings DB} Mey^{Geschichte. Alt. i. 59} Steind^{BAS. i. 343}; in Assyrian pir°u according to most, compare COT^Glossary Steind^l.c., but see Wkl^{MVAG. 1898. 3f.}); — ‎׳‎‎פ‎ Gen 12:15 (3 t. in verse); Gen 12:17 + 212 t. Hexateuch 19 t. Kings, Isa 19:11 (twice in verse) + 3 t., Jer 25:19 + 10 t., Ezek 17:17 + 12 t., Neh 9:10; 1Chr 4:18; 2Chr 8:11; Ps 135:9; Ps 136:15; Song 1:9 + ‎מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם‎ (not early) Jer 25:19; Jer 46:17; Deut 7:8; Deut 11:3; Ezek 29:2; Ezek 29:3; Ezek 30:21; Ezek 30:22; Ezek 31:2; 1Kgs 3:1; 1Kgs 9:16; 1Kgs 11:18; 2Kgs 17:7; 2Kgs 18:21 = Isa 36:6; Gen 41:46 (E), Exod 6:11; Exod 6:13; Exod 6:27; Exod 6:29; Exod 14:8 (all P); with proper name ‎חָפְרַע‎ ‎׳‎‎פ‎ Jer 44:30, ‎נְכֹה‎ ‎׳‎‎פ‎ Jer 46:2; 2Kgs 23:29; 2Kgs 23:33; 2Kgs 23:34; 2Kgs 23:35.

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Male • A Pharaoh • Pharaoh and father-in-law of Mered, a descendant of Judah

Pharaoh living at the time of Divided Monarchy

Pharaoh, the Egyptian ruler whose daughter Bithiah married Mered, a descendant of Judah.

• An Egyptian Pharaoh living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.4.18;
• only referred to as Pharaoh פַּרְעֹה;
• father of Bithiah בִּתְיָה.

This Pharaoh is mentioned briefly in the genealogy of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:18) as the father of Bithiah, who married Mered, a descendant of Judah through Ezrah. The genealogy states that Mered had two wives, one of whom was "Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh."

No further information is provided about this Pharaoh or his daughter Bithiah. The marriage of a Judahite to an Egyptian princess is unusual, and some scholars suggest that this may be a symbolic or metaphorical reference rather than a historical event. Others propose that Bithiah may have been the daughter of an Egyptian official or a lesser royal rather than the ruler himself.

Given the lack of historical details and the context of the passage, it is difficult to determine the specific identity of this Pharaoh or the time period in which this marriage might have taken place.

All entries for Pharaoh: פַּרְעֹה

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• Bithiah (child)