James Hastings Dictionary of the Bible: Zaphenath-Paneah

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James Hastings Dictionary of the Bible: Zaphenath-Paneah


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ZAPHENATH-PANEAH.—The name given by Pharaoh to Joseph (Gen_41:45). It should evidently be read Ze-p-net-e-f-‘onkh, meaning in Egyp. ‘God hath said he liveth’—a common type of Egyp. name in late times (see Pharaoh, 2, and cf. Joseph, p. 495a).

F. Ll. Griffith.