Original Word: Φαραώ, ὁ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable
Transliteration: Pharaó
Phonetic Spelling: (far-ah-o')
Definition: Pharaoh, an Eg. king
Usage: Pharaoh, the title of ancient Egyptian kings.Word Origin
of Eg. origin (great house)
Definition
Pharaoh, an Eg. king
NASB Translation
Pharaoh (3), Pharaoh's (2).

STRONGS NT 5328: Φαραώ

Φαραώ (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; ; Isaiah 36:6, etc.; 1 Esdr. 1:23), Acts 7:10. Cf. Vaihinger in Herzog xi., p. 490ff; (Ebers in Riehm as above).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

Pharaoh.

Of foreign origin (Par'oh); Pharao (i.e. Pharoh), an Egyptian king -- Pharaoh.

see HEBREW Par'oh

Forms and Transliterations

Φαραω Φαραώ Φαραὼ Pharao Pharaō Pharaṓ Pharaṑ

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