STRONGS NUMBER G2501


Word Summary
Iōsēph: Joseph, the name of several Israelites
Original Word: Ἰωσήφ
Transliteration: Iōsēph
Phonetic Spelling: (ee-o-safe')
Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable
Short Definition: Joseph, the name of several Israelites
Meaning: Joseph -- the name of several Israelites
Strong's Concordance
Joseph.

Of Hebrew origin (Yowceph); Joseph, the name of seven Israelites -- Joseph.

see HEBREW Yowceph

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2501: Ἰωσήφ

Ἰωσήφ, indeclinable (in Josephus (e. g. contra Apion 1, 14, 16; 32, 3; 33, 5) Ιωσηπος), (יוסֵף, from יָסַף to add, Genesis 30:23f (cf. B. D. under the word )), Joseph;

1. the patriarch, the eleventh son of Jacob: John 4:5; Acts 7:9, 13f, 18; Hebrews 11:21f; φυλή Ἰωσήφ, i. e. the tribe of Ephraim, Revelation 7:8.

2. the son of Jonan (or Jonam), one of Christ's ancestors: Luke 3:30.

3. the son of Judah (or Judas; better Joda) another ancestor of Jesus: Luke 3:26 (where L marginal reading T Tr WH Ἰωσήχ, which see).

4. the son of Mattathias, another of the same: Luke 3:24.

5. the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus: Matthew 1:16, 18-20, 24; Matthew 2:13, 19; Luke 1:27; Luke 2:4, 16, 33 R L, R G L marginal reading; ; John 1:45 (); .

6. an own brother of our Lord: Matthew 13:55 L T Tr WH (for R G Ἰωσῆς (which see 2)).

7. Joseph of Arimathaea, a member of the Sanhedrin, who favored Jesus: Matthew 27:57, 59; Mark 15:43, 45; Luke 23:50; John 19:38.

8. Joseph, surnamed Βαρναβᾶς (which see): Acts 4:36 L T Tr WH (for R G Ἰωσῆς (which see Acts 5:4)).

9. Joseph called Barsabas (better Barsabbas; see the word), and surnamed Justus: Acts 1:23. (See Ἰωσῆς, 3)

STRONGS NT 2501a: ἸωσήχἸωσήχ, Josech, see Ἰωσήφ, 3.