Bible Names

Asenath: meaning of the name

Asenath means “peril; misfortune.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)girl name

Asenath in Hebrew and Greek

אָסְנַת H621

ʼÂçᵉnath (aw-se-nath') — Asenath, the wife of Joseph

of Egyptian derivation;

Who named Asenath in the Bible

Asenath in Scripture

“Asenath” appears in 3 verses of the King James Version.

  • Genesis 41:45

    And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnath–paaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Poti–pherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.

  • Genesis 41:50

    And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti–pherah priest of On bare unto him.

  • Genesis 46:20

    And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Poti–pherah priest of On bare unto him.