Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
An Egyptian name, meaning “gift of the sun-god”, daughter of Potipherah, priest of On or Heliopolis, wife of Joseph (Gen. 41:45). She was the mother of Manasseh and Ephraim (50-52; 46:20).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(worshipper of Neith), daughter of Potipherah, priest, or possibly prince, of On [Potipherah, Or Potipherah], wife of Joseph, (Genesis 41:45) and mother of Manasseh and Ephraim.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary
AS'ENATH (favorite of Neith or Isis-Neith) (Neith is the Minerva of Egypt), Joseph's wife, the daughter of Poti-pherah, priest of On or Heliopolis, the religious and literary capital of ancient Egypt, a few miles north of Cairo. Gen 41:45; Gen 46:20.
Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)
peril; misfortune