H6548 H6548
Hophra, pharaoh of Egypt who reigned 589-570 BC, mentioned in prophecy against Egypt
Hophra was the Egyptian pharaoh who ruled during Jeremiah's ministry. Known to the Greeks as Apries and recorded in Egyptian monuments as Uah-abra, he was the fourth king of Egypt's 26th dynasty. Jeremiah prophesied that God would deliver this powerful monarch into the hands of his enemies, just as He had delivered Zedekiah king of Judah. The prophecy came to pass when Hophra was eventually overthrown by his co-regent Amasis.
Senses
1. sense 1 — This proper name appears only in Jeremiah's oracle against Egypt (Jer 44:30), where the prophet declares God will hand Pharaoh Hophra over to his enemies. The multilingual evidence consistently identifies this as a specific Egyptian ruler, with English using 'Chophra' and Spanish 'Jofra,' both attempting to render the Hebrew pronunciation. Historical sources confirm this refers to the pharaoh whose ambitious foreign policy included supporting Judah against Babylon, making his eventual downfall a powerful vindication of Jeremiah's prophetic word. 2×
AR["حُفْرَعَ", "فِرْعَوْنَ"]·ben["ফরৌণ", "হফ্রা"]·DE["Pharao", "[חפרע]"]·EN["Chophra", "Pharaoh"]·FR["Pharaon", "[חפרע]"]·heb["חפרע", "פרעה"]·HI["खफरा", "फिरौन"]·ID["Firaun", "Hofra"]·IT["Faraone", "[חפרע]"]·jav["Firaun", "Hofra"]·KO["바로를", "호프라"]·PT["Chofra", "Paroh"]·RU["Фараона", "Хофру"]·ES["Faraón", "Jofra"]·SW["Farao", "Hofra"]·TR["Firavun'u", "Hofra"]·urd["حفرع", "فرعون"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† חָפְרַע n.pr.m. Apries, reigned in Egypt alone, b.c. 589–570 and with Amasis 570–564; named as פַּרְעֹה ח׳ מֶלֶךְ־מִצְרַיִם Je 44:30 Pharaoh Hophraʿ king of Egypt (v. פַּרְעֹה); 4th king of 26th dynasty; 𝔊 Οὐαφρη; Manetho Οὔαφρις; Egyptian Monum. Uaḥ-ȧbra, WiedemannÄgypt. Gesch. 602, 636 ff.; Gesch. Ägypt. 163 ff.; Gk. Ἀπρίης Herodot. ii. 161 etc. (v. Wied Herodot’s 2tes Buch, 569), Diodori. 68; Ἀπρίας Ctesias (Athen. 13:560).