The ancient Egyptian kings or rulers who were considered gods and had absolute power over their kingdoms.
From Hebrew 'par'oh' or Egyptian 'pr-', meaning 'great house' or palace. The word originally referred to the royal palace, then shifted to mean the ruler who lived there.
When biblical texts used 'Pharaoh' they didn't use the rulers' actual names—they used a title meaning 'palace'—so we still don't know the real names of many famous pharaohs like the ones who enslaved the Hebrews.
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