that scatters abroad, or demolishes, the fat
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
"Devoted to Ra" the sun god, the priest of On or Heliopolis, the grand scat of sun worship. His daughter Pharaoh gave in marriage to Joseph. The Egyptians and Hebrew were not then so exclusive as afterward; Joseph was now naturalized with an Egyptian name, as viceroy. Asenath probably adopted Joseph's faith (Gen_41:45; Gen_41:50; Gen_43:32; Gen_46:20).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Potiph'erah or Potiphe'rah. Potipherah was priest, or prince of On, and his daughter, Asenath, was given Joseph to wife, by Pharaoh. Gen_41:45; Gen_41:50; Gen_46:20. (B.C. 1715). See Potiphar.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
Potiph?erah, the priest of On, or Heliopolis, whose daughter Azenath became the wife of Joseph. The name is Egyptian, and means 'who belongs to the sun.'
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
Potipherah
(Heb. Potiphera, פּוֹטַי פֶרִע), the priest ot On, or Heliopolis, whose daughter Asenath became the witf of Joseph (Gen_41:45; Gen_41:50; Gen_46:20). B.C. cir. 1880. The name is Egyptian, and is in the Sept. accommodated to the analogy of the Egyptian language, being in the Cod. Vatican. Πετεφρῆ; Alex. Πεττεφρῆ, v. r. Πεντεφρή, Πεντεφρί; which corresponds to the Coptic Petephrah, belonging to the Sun, which is written in hieroglyphics thus: (Champollion, Precis, Tabl. General, p. 23). For the various forms, see Gesenius, Thesaur. p. 1094, from Rosellini, Monum. Storici, 1, 117. The name is the full form of that borne by Potiphar, Joseph's former master. SEE ASENATHON.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.