פַּרְעֹה
Parʻôh · par-o'
Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings
Lexicon
Derivation: of Egyptian derivation;
Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Pharaoh.
Letters
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to speak, the word › the head, the highest › to see and know › to reveal, behold
To speak, the word of the head, the highest that works to see and know that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of פַּרְעֹה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
274 occurrences · 274 OT · 0 NT · 50 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of pharaoh44 · 20%
- and pharaoh33 · 15%
- pharaoh28 · 13%
- unto pharaoh28 · 13%
- pharaoh's13 · 6%
- to pharaoh9 · 4%
- from pharaoh8 · 4%
- for pharaoh7 · 3%
- upon pharaoh6 · 3%
- and pharaoh's6 · 3%
- then pharaoh5 · 2%
- into pharaoh's4 · 2%
- of pharaoh's4 · 2%
- even pharaoh3 · 1%
- in pharaoh's3 · 1%
- it: so is pharaoh2 · 1%
- shall pharaoh2 · 1%
- and when pharaoh2 · 1%
- in unto pharaoh2 · 1%
- against pharaoh2 · 1%
- thee unto pharaoh2 · 1%
- and it came to pass, when pharaoh2 · 1%
- which pharaoh2 · 1%
- that pharaoh2 · 1%
- also of pharaoh1 · 0%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.