Tachpᵉnêyç — H8472

Definition

feminine proper noun

Tachpenes, an Egyptian woman

1. Tahpenes = "wife of the king"
2. an Egyptian queen in the times of David and Solomon

Usually translated as

Tahpenes

Origin

of Egyptian derivation

Occurrences

Tachpᵉnêyç occurs 3 times in 2 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Kings (2)

• 1 Kings 11:19 — And Hadad found great favour in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes (תַּחְפְּנֵ֥יס) the queen.
• 1 Kings 11:20 — And the sister of Tahpenes (תַּחְפְּנֵ֗יס) bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh’s house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh’s household among the sons of Pharaoh.
• 1 Kings 11:20 — And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes (תַחְפְּנֵ֔ס) weaned in Pharaoh’s house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh’s household among the sons of Pharaoh.