Tahpenes

Tah´penes (head of the age), a queen of Egypt, consort of the Pharaoh contemporary with David. Her sister was given in marriage to Hadad, the fugitive prince of Edom (1Ki 11:19) [HADAD].

Tah’penes. An Egyptian queen, was wife of the Pharaoh, who received Hadad, the Edomite, and who gave him, her sister in marriage. 1Ki 11:18-20. (B.C. about 1000).

Wife of the Pharaoh (conjectured to be Psusennes of the Tanitic line) who received Hadad the Edomite, when fleeing from David (1Ki 11:19). Her sister married Hadad.

[Tah’penes]

Queen of Egypt and sister of the wife of Hadad. 1Ki 11:19-20.

TAHPENES (1Ki 11:19).—The name of Pharaoh’s wife, whose sister was given to Hadad the Edomite. It has the appearance of an Egyptian name, but has not yet been explained. The name of her son Genubath is not Egyptian. The Pharaoh should be of the weak 21st Dynasty.

F. Ll. Griffith.

ta´pe-nēz, ta-pē´nēz (תּחפּניס, taḥp^enēṣ; Septuagint Θεκεμ(ε)ίνα, Thekem(e)ı́na): Queen of Egypt, the sister of Hadad’s wife and the foster-mother of his son Genubath (1Ki 11:19 f). See PHARAOH.