פַּרְעֹה paroh

Hebrew word for “Pharaoh” · Strong’s H6547 · used 274 times in 235 verses

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Meaning

A man of the Egyptians living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.3.10;

Senses in the lexicon

• Pharaoh (118)
• Pharaoh (88)
• Pharaoh (18)
• Pharaoh (15)
• Pharaoh (10)
• Pharaoh (6)
• Pharaoh (6)
• Pharaoh (6)
• Pharaoh (Neco) (4)
• Pharaoh (1)
• Pharaoh (1)
• Pharaoh (Hophra) (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for paroh in context, with how often each is used:

• pharaoh 274

Where it is used

Also in 2 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 41 (25), Genesis 47 (18), Exodus 7 (14), Exodus 8 (14), Exodus 10 (12), Exodus 9 (11), Exodus 5 (10), Exodus 14 (10), Genesis 40 (9), Exodus 6 (7)

Forms

• פרעה 236
• לפרעה 26
• בפרעה 6
• ופרעה 3
• מפרעה 2
• כפרעה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with paroh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מִצְרַיִם mitsrayim “Egypt” 75
• מֹשֶׁה mosheh “Moses” 45
• שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 41
• יוֹסֵף yoseph “Joseph” 27
• עֶבֶד eved “servant/slave” 35
• מִצְרִי mitsri “Egyptian” 14
• יָצָא yatsa “to come out” 26
• אַהֲרֹן aharon “Aaron” 19
• לֵב lev “heart” 21
• חָזַק chazaq “to strengthen” 16
• דָבַר davar “to speak” 22
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 22

Key verses

The verses using paroh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 41:8 — And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and…
• Genesis 47:9 — And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been,…
• Exodus 4:21 — And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I…
• Exodus 5:2 — And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go.
• Exodus 10:3 — And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let…
• Exodus 12:29 — And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the…
• Exodus 14:4 — And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know…
• Deuteronomy 7:8 — But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and…
• 2 Kings 17:7 — For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of…
• Nehemiah 9:10 — And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them.…
• Isaiah 19:11 — Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the…
• Ezekiel 29:3 — Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.