Potiphera

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

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

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.