ἀρχιμάγειρος G91036

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chief cook

Instead of (KJV / RSV)

captain of the guard / captain of the guard / chief cook

Note

Potiphar's title (37:36; 39:1; 40:3–4), the head of the cooks (μάγειρος). The Masoretic version's שַׂר הַטַּבָּחִים, "officer of the butchers," English "captain of the guard" (2 Kgs 25:8). A false clash with πέσσω "cook" (declared)

Rulings

2, 116

Declared to share English with

G90833 — false clash: cook (πέσσω, v.) / chief cook (ἀρχιμάγειρος) (wave 8)

Occurrences (3)

Genesis 37 (Septuagint)

37:36 Now the Midianites sold Joseph into Egypt, to Potiphar, the castrate of Pharaoh, chief cook.

Genesis 39 (Septuagint)

39:1 Now Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, the eunuch of Pharaoh, the chief cook, an Egyptian man, acquired him from the hands of the Ishmaelites, who had brought him down there.

Genesis 41 (Septuagint)

41:12 Now there with us was a young man, a Hebrew servant of the chief cook; and we related to him, and he interpreted for us.