STRONGS G5328:
Φαραώ (
פַּרְעֹה; in
Josephus, Antiquities 2, 13 and 14
Φαραωθης (also
Φαραων,
Φαρωνος, 8, 6, 2, etc.)),
ὁ (indeclinable,
Buttmann, 15 (14)),
Pharaoh, the common title of the ancient kings of Egypt (
ὁ φαραων κατ' Αἰγυπτίους βασιλέα σημαίνει,
Josephus, Antiquities 8, 6, 2 (according to Ebers (in
Riehm, under the word Pharao) the name is only the Hebrew form of the Egyptian per-aa denoting (as even
Horapollo 1, 62 testifies)
great house, a current title of kings akin to the Turkish
sublime porte; others besides; see
BB. DD., under the word)):
Acts 7:13,
21;
Romans 9:17;
Hebrews 11:24;
Φαραώ, with
βασιλεύς Αἰγύπτου added in apposition (as if
Φαραώ were a proper name, as sometimes in the O. T.:
מִצְרַיִם מֶלֶך פַּרעֹה,
1 Kings 3:1;
1 Kings 9:16; ;
Isaiah 36:6, etc.; 1 Esdr. 1:23),
Acts 7:10. Cf. Vaihinger in
Herzog xi., p. 490ff; (Ebers in
Riehm as above).
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