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Asenath

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(devotee of Neith, the Egyptian Minerva), Egyptian wife of Joseph (Gen. 41:45-50; 46:20⁴⁵And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt. ⁴⁶And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. ⁴⁷And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls. ⁴⁸And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same. ⁴⁹And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number. ⁵⁰And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him. (Genesis 41:45‑50)
²⁰And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him. (Genesis 46:20)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Daughter of Poti-pherah, priest of On, wife of Joseph, and mother of Manasseh and Ephraim (Gen. 41:45,50; 46:20⁴⁵And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnath-paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt. (Genesis 41:45)
⁵⁰And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him. (Genesis 41:50)
²⁰And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him. (Genesis 46:20)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

621 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

’Acnath

Phonic:

aw-se-nath’

Meaning:

of Egyptian derivation; Asenath, the wife of Joseph

KJV Usage:

Asenath

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

I shall be hated: she has stored up

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Beauty; fairness:―wife of Joseph and mother of Ephraim and Manasseh, Gen. 41:45. {Pulchritudo}