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Genesis 40:2 - Officers

Genesis 40:2 - And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers.

Verse	Strongs No.	Hebrew	Strongs Definition
And Pharaoh	H6547	פַּרְעֹה	[Noun Masculine] {Paroh} a generic title of Egyptian kings
was wroth	H7107	קָצַף	[Verb] to crack {off} that {is} (figuratively) burst out in rage
against	H5921	עַל	[Preposition] {above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
two	H8147	שְׁנַיִם	[Noun] the second form being feminine); two; also (as ordinal) twofold
of his officers	H5631	סָרִיס	[Noun Masculine] a eunuch; by implication valet (especially of the female {apartments}) and thus a minister of state
against	H5921	עַל	[Preposition] {above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
the chief	H8269	שַׂר	[Noun Masculine] a head person (of any rank or class)
of the butlers	H4945	מַשְׁקֶה	[Noun Masculine] properly causing to {drink} that {is} a butler; by implication (intransitively) drink (itself); figuratively a well watered region
and against	H5921	עַל	[Preposition] {above} over: {upon} or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
the chief	H8269	שַׂר	[Noun Masculine] a head person (of any rank or class)
of the bakers	H644	אָפָה	[Verb] to {cook} especially to bake

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.