Lexical Summary Asenath: perhaps "belonging to Neith", the wife of Joseph Original Word: אֱסְנַתTransliteration: Asenath Phonetic Spelling: (aw-se-nath') Part of Speech: Proper Name Feminine Short Definition: perhaps "belonging to Neith", the wife of Joseph Meaning: Asenath -- perhaps "belonging to Neith", the wife of Joseph Strong's Concordance Asenath Of Egyptian derivation; Asenath, the wife of Joseph -- Asenath. Brown-Driver-Briggs H621. Asenath אָֽסְנַת proper name, feminine wife of Joseph (ᵐ5 Ἀσεννεθ, ᵐ5L Ἀσσενεθ; Egyptian, = belonging to (goddess) Neith (Thes); CookSpeaker's Comm. i. 479 proposes either As-Neit, favourite of Neith, or < Isis-Neit) Genesis 41:45, 50; 46:20. |
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