5284 cupbearer
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One who served a king with wine, often having himself first tasted it for quality and as a safety measure. Some cupbearers became favourites of the king and so wielded considerable political influence.

Pharaoh's cupbearer

Imprisoned

Genesis 40:1,5

His dream

See also Genesis 40:9-11

Dream interpreted by Joseph

Genesis 40:12-14

Restored to court

Genesis 40:21

Forgetful of Joseph

Genesis 40:23

Remembers Joseph

Genesis 41:9

Solomon's cupbearers

1 Kings 10:4-5 pp 2 Chronicles 9:4

Artaxerxes' cupbearer, Nehemiah

Nehemiah 1:11; Nehemiah 2:1

See also

1409  dream
5118  Solomon
5270  court
5283  cup
5344  imprisonment
5345  influence
5460  prison
5523  servants, good
8670  remembering
8763  forgetting
9165  restoration



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