Asenath
אָֽסְנַתStrong’s H0621asenat (a-se-nat)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Asenat is the Hebrew word usually translated “asenath”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.”
Meaning
- A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.41.45
How it's translated
- asenath 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 3
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Hebrew dictionary
אָֽסְנַת asenat · Asenath
A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.41.45; daughter of: Potiphera (H6319); married to Joseph (H3130); mother of: Manasseh (H4519) and Ephraim (H0669) § Asenath = "belonging to the goddess Neith" the wife of Joseph
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.