Bible Names

Potiphar: meaning of the name

Potiphar means “bull of Africa; a fat bull.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Potiphar in Hebrew and Greek

פּוֹטִיפַר H6318

Pôwṭîyphar (po-tee-far') — Potiphar, an Egyptian

of Egyptian derivation;

Who named Potiphar in the Bible

Potiphar in Scripture

“Potiphar” appears in 2 verses of the King James Version.

  • 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.