It means "great house." That is what the Egyptian pharaohs used to call their palaces. Then, eventually the Egyptian rulers got the title pharaoh.
It doesn't stand for anything. It was just a term for a ruler, a king.
The ancient Egyptian term pr-'3 (usually expressed as per-aa in modern studies) means "great house" - the palace of the ruling pharaoh. By extension it came to mean the king himself, but it was not the only term meaning king or pharaoh.
Thutmose III was the first ruler of Egypt to be called pharaoh. It means "great house" and originally referred to the king's palace but during Thutmose's reign in the New Kingdom (ca. 1479-1425 BCE), it referred to the person who was king and the son of Ra, the sun god.
khufuThe Great Pyramid is thought to have been built by the pharaoh Khufu.
It means: He Who Lives In The Great House or something like that!
The title Pharaoh originated from Ancient Egypt after the end of the foreign rule of the Hyksos and means "Great House".
Pharaoh was the title given to ancient Egyptian kings. It comes from the Egyptian word, pero', which means great house.I'm pretty sure it means king. It also means "great house" apparently.
Great House is usually translated as Pharaoh the title but not the name of the king of ancient Egypt
Pharaoh is not a Hebrew word. It is an Egyptian word that means "great house"In Hebrew, the word is pronounced par-OH (פרעה)
It means "great house." That is what the Egyptian pharaohs used to call their palaces. Then, eventually the Egyptian rulers got the title pharaoh.
Pharaoh has the origin to the word pr-aa which means Great House, and it was referred to the Kings Palace. They called him so cuz that means that their house is open for everyone (he helps everybody).Calling such a powerful ruler king was not enough, and the word pharaoh means god-king.
It doesn't stand for anything. It was just a term for a ruler, a king.
The word literally means 'Great House' from the title of the ancient Egyptian Kings. From the Egyptian 'Pero'
Great House
great house
The ancient Egyptian term pr-'3 (usually expressed as per-aa in modern studies) means "great house" - the palace of the ruling pharaoh. By extension it came to mean the king himself, but it was not the only term meaning king or pharaoh.