H6548

חָפְרַע

par.oh choph.raN:N-M-P

(Pharaoh)-hophra

A man of the Egyptians living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.37.5 Combined with par.oh (פַּרְעֹה "Pharaoh" H6547R) § Pharaoh-hophra = "the great house -covering evil" the Pharaoh of Egypt at the time of the conquest by Nebuchadnezzar

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

חָפְרַע proper name, masculine Apries, reigned in Egypt alone, B.C. 589-570 and with Amasis 570-564; named as מֶלֶךְמִֿצְרַיִם ׳פַּרְעֹה ח Jer 44:30 Pharaoh Hophra` king of Egypt (see פַּרְעֹה); 4th king of 26th dynasty; ᵐ5 Ουἀφρη; Manetho Οὔαφρις; Egyptian Monument Uaµ-åbra, WiedemannÄgypt. Geschichte. 602, 636 ff.; Geschichte. Ägypt. 163 ff.; Greek Ἀπρίης Herodot.ii. 161 etc. (see WiedHerodot's 2tes Buch, 569), Diodi. 68; Ἀπρίας Ctesias (Ath.13:560).


חֲפַרְפָּרֶה see below I. חפר. above


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