Pot·i·phar (p?t??-f?r)n. In the Bible, an officer of the Pharaoh who bought Joseph as a slave and later imprisoned him when Potiphar’s wife falsely accused Joseph of rape.[Hebrew pô?îpar, from Egyptian p-di-p-r’, the one whom Ra gave : p-, definite article + di, whom he gave + r’, Ra.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Potiphar (?p?t?f?) n (Bible) Old Testament one of Pharaoh’s officers, who bought Joseph as a slave (Genesis 37:36)Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014