Lectionary Calendar
Monday, May 20th, 2024
the Week of Proper 2 / Ordinary 7
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!

Bible Dictionaries
Cupbearer

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Search for…
or
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
Prev Entry
Cup
Next Entry
Curtains
Resource Toolbox
Additional Links

Genesis 40:1-21. A high officer in eastern courts, e.g. Solomon's (1 Kings 10:5). Pharaoh's was the instrument of Joseph's elevation (Genesis 41:9). Rabshakek was "chief cupbearer" in Sennacherib's court (Isaiah 36:2), as his name implies. Nehemiah was cupbearer to Artaxerxes Longimanus, king of Persia (Nehemiah 1:11; Nehemiah 2:1).

Bibliography Information
Fausset, Andrew R. Entry for 'Cupbearer'. Fausset's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​fbd/​c/cupbearer.html. 1949.
 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile