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== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53309" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_53309" /> == | ||
<p> <strong> [[Potiphera]] </strong> . [[Genesis]] 41:45; Genesis 41:50; Genesis 46:20 . The consonants in the [[Hebrew]] are an almost exact transcript of the Egyp. <em> Peteprç </em> , ‘Given by the Sun-god,’ a late name found from the 22nd Dyn. onwards; only the letter <em> w </em> (represented by Eng. <em> o </em> ) is puzzling. Potiphera, father of Joseph’s wife <strong> [[Asenath]] </strong> (wh. see), was priest of On, <em> i.e. </em> probably high priest of | <p> <strong> [[Potiphera]] </strong> . [[Genesis]] 41:45; Genesis 41:50; Genesis 46:20 . The consonants in the [[Hebrew]] are an almost exact transcript of the Egyp. <em> Peteprç </em> , ‘Given by the Sun-god,’ a late name found from the 22nd Dyn. onwards; only the letter <em> w </em> (represented by Eng. <em> o </em> ) is puzzling. Potiphera, father of Joseph’s wife <strong> [[Asenath]] </strong> (wh. see), was priest of On, <em> i.e. </em> probably high priest of Rç, the Sun-god, in On. He would thus be the head of the most learned sacerdotal college in the country, and of high rank. </p> <p> F. Ll. Griffith. </p> | ||
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16919" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_16919" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 09:56, 13 October 2021
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [1]
Potiphera . Genesis 41:45; Genesis 41:50; Genesis 46:20 . The consonants in the Hebrew are an almost exact transcript of the Egyp. Peteprç , ‘Given by the Sun-god,’ a late name found from the 22nd Dyn. onwards; only the letter w (represented by Eng. o ) is puzzling. Potiphera, father of Joseph’s wife Asenath (wh. see), was priest of On, i.e. probably high priest of Rç, the Sun-god, in On. He would thus be the head of the most learned sacerdotal college in the country, and of high rank.
F. Ll. Griffith.
American Tract Society Bible Dictionary [2]
Belonging to the sun, the priest of On, city of the sun, whose daughter Asenath was the wife of Joseph, Genesis 41:45 . The name is found, in various forms, on ancient Egyptian monuments.
