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Tahpenes
standard; flight; temptation
תַּחְפְּנֵיס
Tahpenes (Hebrew: תַּחְפְּנֵיס) means “standard; flight; temptation”, by traditional interpretation. It appears in 2 verses across 1 book of the Bible. In United States birth records the name is below the reporting threshold. Appears in the same passages as Ahijah.
The bearer in scripture
One person in scripture bears this name.
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Tahpenes
Scripture against society
The two measures, side by side
At a glance
- Verses
- 2 across 1 book
- Bearers
- 1 one person only
- Testament
- Old
- Era
- Divided Kingdom
Using it today
In United States birth records this name is below the reporting threshold. The Social Security Administration does not publish counts under five, so a name given to four children looks the same as one given to none.
In scripture
| Fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| First appears | 1 Kings 11:19 |
| Last appears | 1 Kings 11:20 |
| Cross-references | 9 linked passages |
Names connected to this one
- Genubath co-occurrence Appears with Genubath in 1 Kings 11.
- Hadad co-occurrence Appears with Hadad in 1 Kings 11.
- Rezon co-occurrence Appears in the same passages as Rezon.
- Eliada co-occurrence Appears in the same passages as Eliada.
- Zeruah co-occurrence Appears in the same passages as Zeruah.
- Shishak co-occurrence Appears in the same passages as Shishak.
- Ahijah co-occurrence Appears in the same passages as Ahijah.
- Hadadezer co-occurrence Appears in the same passages as Hadadezer.
Origin & meaning
Tahpenes was the queen of Egypt who gave her sister in marriage to Hadad the Edomite.
The biblical story
Tahpenes is mentioned in 1Ki.11.19-20 as the queen of Egypt during the time when Hadad the Edomite fled there to escape from King Solomon. Pharaoh gave Hadad his sister-in-law, the sister of Queen Tahpenes, in marriage. Queen Tahpenes raised Hadad's son Genubath in Pharaoh's palace among the princes of Egypt. No other details are provided about Tahpenes' life or reign as queen. Her actions in arranging the marriage and raising Genubath show the favor Hadad found with the Egyptian royal family.
Key verses
Tahpenes appears in 2 verses. Here are some of the most notable:
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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 the queen.
1 Kings 11:19 -
And the sister of Tahpenes 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
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1 Kings (2)
- 1 Kings 11:19
- 1 Kings 11:20