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Strong Concordance Ge 40:20 And it came to pass the third [07992] day [03117], which was Pharaoh's [06547] birthday [03117] [03205], that he made [06213] a feast [04960] unto all his servants [05650]: and he lifted up [05375] the head [07218] of the chief [08269] butler [08248] and of the chief [08269] baker [0644] among [08432] his servants [05650].

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BUTLER properly a servant in charge of the wine (Gen. 40:1-13; 41:9). The Hebrew word, mashkeh, thus translated is rendered also (plural) "cup-bearers" (1 Kings 10:5; 2 Chr. 9:4). Nehemiah (1:11) was cup-bearer to king Artaxerxes. It was a position of great responsibility and honour in royal households.
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