KJV dictionary & concordance
A household servant or officer entrusted with drink, vessels, and related provisions.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Genesis 40:1
Complete exact-word concordance
AND it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt.
¶ And it came to passe after these things, that the Butler of the King of Egypt, and his Baker, had offended their LORD the King of Egypt.
¶ And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.
¶ And they dreamed a dreame both of them, each man his dreame in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dreame, the Butler and the Baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.
And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;
And the chiefe Butler tolde his dreame to Ioseph, and said to him; In my dreame, beholde, a vine was before mee:
Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.
Yet within three dayes shall Pharaoh lift vp thine head, and restore thee vnto thy place, and thou shalt deliuer Pharaohs cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his Butler.
1611 marginal noteOr, reckon.
¶ And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.
¶ And it came to passe the third day, which was Pharaohs birth day, that hee made a feast vnto all his seruaunts: and he lifted vp by the head of the chiefe Butler, and of the chiefe Baker among his seruants.
1611 marginal noteOr, reckoned.
And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand:
And he restored the chiefe Butler vnto his Butlership againe, and hee gaue the cup into Pharaohs hand.
Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
Yet did not the chiefe Butler remember Ioseph, but forgate him.
¶ Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
¶ Then spake the chiefe Butler vnto Pharaoh, saying, I doe remember my faults this day.
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