Lexical Definition

‎פַּרְעֹה חׇפְרַע‎ Parʻôh Chophraʻ (par-o' khof-rah') (Pharaoh)-hophra ^N:N-M-P
of Egyptian derivation

Pharaoh-hophra.

• § Pharaoh-hophra = "the great house -covering evil"
• Paroh-Chophra, an Egyptian king

1) the Pharaoh of Egypt at the time of the conquest by Nebuchadnezzar

Extended Information

name of: פַּרְעֹה

• A man of the Egyptians living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.37.5
• Combined with par.oh (‎פ‎ַּ‎ר‎ְ‎ע‎ֹ‎ה‎ "Pharaoh" פַּרְעֹה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎חָפְרַע‎ proper name, masculine Apries, reigned in Egypt alone, B.C. 589-570 and with Amasis 570-564; named as ‎מֶלֶךְמִֿצְרַיִם‎ ‎׳‎‎פַּרְעֹה ח‎ Jer 44:30 Pharaoh Hophra` king of Egypt (see ‎פַּרְעֹה‎); 4th king of 26th dynasty; ᵐ5 Ουἀφρη; Manetho Οὔαφρις; Egyptian Monument Uaµ-åbra, Wiedemann^{Ägypt. Geschichte. 602, 636 ff.; Geschichte. Ägypt. 163 ff.}; Greek Ἀπρίης Herodot.^{ii. 161 etc.} (see Wied^{Herodot's 2tes Buch, 569}), Diod^{i. 68}; Ἀπρίας Ctesias (Ath.13:560). ‎חֲפַרְפָּרֶה‎ see below I. ‎חפר‎. above

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