Bible Names

Pharaoh: meaning of the name

Pharaoh means “that disperses; that spoils.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Pharaoh in Hebrew and Greek

פַּרְעֹה H6547

Parʻôh (par-o') — Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings

of Egyptian derivation;

Φαραώ G5328

Pharaṓ — Pharao (i.e. Pharoh), an Egyptian king

of foreign origin (H06547);

People named Pharaoh in the Bible

Pharaoh in Scripture

“Pharaoh” appears in 240 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Genesis 12:15

    The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh’s house.

  • Genesis 12:17

    And the Lord plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram’s wife.

  • Genesis 12:18

    And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?

  • Genesis 12:20

    And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

  • Genesis 37:36

    And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh’s, and captain of the guard.

  • Genesis 39:1

    And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.

  • Genesis 40:2

    And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.

  • Genesis 40:7

    And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that were with him in the ward of his lord’s house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day?