Here are more independant sources that show Pharaoh was the title given to the Kings of Egypt ... Do you really think ALL these researchers are wrong? You can say that one person can be wrong, like the guy going around on the Internet saying pharaoh means "great house" ... Thats just one guys research and opinion, on what archeological or historical facts did he make that assumption?
He hasn't provided any views on that.
Heres some more sources that show what the word Pharaoh means ... I've already provided you with more than one, but i will give you more for the benefit of the doubt...
Young People's Bible Dictionary
by Barbara Smith (Philadelphia: Westminster, 1965)
Pharaoh. A title given to the rulers of Egypt. The Pharaoh was considered a god and owned all the land in Egypt. Three Pharaohs are mentioned by name in the Bible; Neco, 2Kings 23:29-35; Shishak, 2 Chron. 12:2-9 (called king of Egypt); and Hophra, Jer. 44:30. The Pharaohs in the times of Joseph and Moses cannot be identified with certainty. Gen. 41:42; Ex. 2:5; Psa. 135:9; Isa. 30:2; Acts 7:13.
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Harper’s Bible Dictionary - This also agree's that Pharaoh was a title given to the King of Egypt.
edited by Paul J. Achtemier (San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1985)
In the answering-islam rebuttal it says...
The Kings of Ancient Egypt are commonly referred to as "Pharaohs". Some historians believe that the name is a compound of the words Ra, (the "sun" or "sun-god"), with the article phe ("the") prefixed. This produces phera - "the sun," or "the sun-god.". According to this argument, the King of Egypt was believed to be the earthly representative of the deities, and the title "Phera" (the sun god) gave the King royal authority that was directly derived from the gods. (J. Gardner Wilkinson, The Ancient Egyptians, 1994, p 310) It is possible that the Kings of Egypt had this title before Abraham since the sun god was always a major deity in the Egyptian pantheon, dating from Egypt's earliest history. However, this is not the definition given to us by Dr. Saifuallah
Now theres great contraversary surrounding this issue ...
The earliest [written] instance, where the term Pharaoh ("the Great House") actually refers to the king, is a letter to Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten), which is addressed to "Pharaoh, may he live, prosper and be in health, the Master".
How do you explain the above historical evidence if the word Pharaoh means "great house"? Do you think the person who wrote the letter is saying to the house ... "may he live, prosper and be in health, the Master" ? Do you think a person would say that to a house?
That sounds quite silly dont you think? What i would like you to do my friend ... Is obtain a copy of the letter to Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten), read it all through, and refute it. Challenge excepted?
I would also like you to give me the link to where you have obtained the copy of this letter from. I have the letter on my computer and its english translation, but i would like you to read it for yourself, and for your eyes to see that the word Pharaoh was used in this letter and referred to the King of Egypt. So, unless you can refute this, i dont really want to waste my time debating this topic.
Also ... the Quran did NOT invent the title Malik (King) ... it was used in the Bible already ... see here ...
What is the Significance of the Qur'an's Use of "Malik"?
The situation is entirely different in the Qur'ân. We find mentioned the Egyptian king who was a contemporary of Joseph(P). For him the Qur'ân uses the title "King" (Arabic, Mâlik); he is never once addressed as Pharaoh. As for the king who ruled during the time of Moses(P), the Qur'ân repeatedly calls him Pharaoh (Arabic, Fir'awn).
These facts that we have mentioned were unknown at the time of the Qur'anic Revelation. At the time of the Qur'ânic Revelation, the only source of knowledge of the religious past was the Bible. From the time of the Old Testament to the Qur'ân, the only document mankind possessed on these ancient stories was the Bible itself. Furthermore, the knowledge of the Old Egyptian hieroglyphs had been totally forgotten, and no one could read them until the 19th century AD.
Issue 1: The Biblical use of Melek (King)
These "facts" were known during the time of Muhammad. The Qur'an did not invent the title of Malik (King). In fact, the Bible uses both "Pharaoh" and "Melek" (the Hebrew term for King) in the story of Joseph (See Genesis 39:20 , 40:1, 40:5, 41:6)! It is also interesting to note that the Bible, unlike the Qur'an, uses both Pharaoh and Melek to refer to the King of Egypt in the account of Moses and the Exodus (see Exodus 6:11 and 13).
The Bible used the word Melek as King too
The quran is nothing new. It's just a counterfeit of the Bible, its confusing. Go and do some homework, then come back.