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Poti-Phera in the Bible — Hidden Meaning & Symbolism

Metaphysical meaning of Poti-phera (mbd) Poti-phera (A.V., Poti-pherah), pot';-phe'-rå (Heb. fr. Egypt.)-- belonging to Ra; dedicated to the sun. The"priest of On," an Egyptian priest whose daughter Asenath became the wife of Joseph and the mother of Ephraim and Manasseh (Gen. 41:45, 50). Meta. Potiphera, an Egyptian priest of On (belonging to Ra, dedicated to the sun), indicates a natural religious tendency in the individual that gives the force of its influence to the worship and building up of that in consciousness which the Egyptian city of On signifies. (See ON.)

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