Dictionary of Bible Themes » 5000 Humanity » 5200 Human civilisation » 5284 cupbearer
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
