Smith’s Bible Dictionary

Zaphnathpaaneah

a name given by Pharaoh to Joseph. (Genesis 41:45) The rabbins interpreted Zaphnath-paaneah as Hebrew in the sense revealer of a secret . As the name must have been Egyptian, it has been explained from the Coptic as meaning the preserver of the age.

Smith’s Bible Dictionary, William Smith (1863). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.