) The name is a compound, as some think, of the words Ra, the "sun" or "sun-god," and the article phe, "the," prefixed hence phera, "the sun," or "the sun-god." But others, perhaps more correctly, think the name derived from Perao, "the great house" = his majesty = in Turkish, "the Sublime Porte." The official title borne by the Egyptian kings down to the time when that country was conquered by the Greeks. Bible Dictionaries - Easton's Bible Dictionary - Pharaoh Pharaoh
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