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Pharaoh

Meaning of “Pharaoh”

The royal title used for the king of Egypt, applied to successive Egyptian rulers in the biblical record.

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225 occurrences200 verses15 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 12:15

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Isaiah 19:11
¶ Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellers of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 19:11 · retained source text

¶ Surely the princes of Zoan are fooles, the counsell of the wise counsellers of Pharaoh is become brutish: How say ye vnto Pharaoh, I am the sonne of the wise, the sonne of ancient kings?

Isaiah 30:2
That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 30:2 · retained source text

That walke to goe downe into Egypt, (and haue not asked at my mouth) to strengthen themselues in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt.

Isaiah 30:3
Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 30:3 · retained source text

Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt, your confusion.

Isaiah 36:6
Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 36:6 · retained source text

Loe, thou trustest in the staffe of this broken reede, on Egypt; whereon if a man leane, it will goe into his hand and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.

1611 marginal noteEze.29.6,7.

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