Person
Joseph
Yoseph
יוֹסֵף
He adds. Son of Jacob; father of Ephraim and Manasseh.
Related
Joseph is Rachel’s firstborn, sold into Egypt and raised to save many lives. His sons Ephraim and Manasseh become tribes in Israel; Joseph receives a double portion among the sons. This entry is the patriarch, not Mary’s husband.
Strong’s
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יוֹסֵף H3130
Yôwçêph · yo-safe'
Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
Ἰωσήφ G2501
Iōsḗph
Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
Brown-Driver-Briggs
Francis Brown, S. R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906). Public-domain digital text.
יוֺסֵף H3084 · H3130
יוֺסֵף212 and יְהוֺסֵף ( Ps 81:6 see Ges«GKC:53»§ 53. 3, R. 7), proper name, masculine (he adds, increases, see יוספיה below; — on proper name, of a location in Palestine Yšap±ara (Egyptian form, = אליוסף) see MeyZAW vi, 8 WMMAisen u. Europa 162) — 1. elder son of Jacob and Rachel;
a. as an individual Gen 30:24 (name explained vGen 30:23 (E) from אָסַף = take away, but vGen 30:24 (J) from יָסַף add) + 155 t. Genesis, chiefly in narrative of J E, also poem Gen 49:22; Gen 49:26 and, dependent on this, 1Chr 5:1; 1Chr 5:2 P only Gen 35:24; Gen 37:2a; Gen 41:46 (twice in verse); Gen 46:19; Gen 46:20; Gen 46:27; Gen 47:5; Gen 47:7; Gen 47:11; Gen 48:3 also Exod 1:5; Exod 1:6) (P), vExod 1:8; Exod 13:19; Josh 24:32 (all E), 1Chr 2:2; Ps 105:17.
b. as founder of a tribal division ׳מַטֵּה יו ( = Manasseh) Num 13:11 usually ׳בְּנֵייֿו Num 1:32 (= Ephraim), commonly = Ephraim and Manasseh Num 1:10; Num 26:28; Num 26:37; Num 34:23; Josh 14:4; Josh 16:1; Josh 16:4; Josh 17:14; Josh 17:16; Josh 18:11, compare Josh 24:32; 1Chr 7:29, but also of east Jordan Israel (where half Manaeseh settled) Num 36:1 = ׳מַטֵּה בני יו, vNum 36:5 compare חֲצִי שֵׁבֶט מנשׂה בֶּןיֿוֺסֵף Num 32:33 = compare Num 36:12, and Josh 17:1; Josh 17:2 ׳בֵּית יו (Manasseh and Ephraim) Josh 17:17 (so originally vJosh 17:14 according to Di), Josh 18:5; Judg 1:22; Judg 1:23; Judg 1:25 occupying the great central region of Palestine; 2Sam 19:21; 1Kgs 11:28 ultimately =
c. the northern kingdom Amos 5:6; Zech 10:6 (|| בֵּית יְהוּדָה); so יוֺסֵף alone Amos 5:15; Amos 6:6; Deut 27:12; Deut 33:13; Deut 33:16; Obad 1:18 (|| יעקב בית), Ezek 37:16; Ezek 37:19; Ezek 47:13; Ezek 48:32 בְּנֵי יַעֲקֹב ויוסף Ps 77:16 אֹהֶל יוֺסֵף Ps 78:67 (|| שֵׁבֶט אֶפְרַיִם).
d. = entire nation Ps 80:2 (|| ישׂראל); so יְהוֺסֵף Ps 81:6 (|| id.)
2. a man of Issachar Num 13:7.
3. a son of Asaph 1Chr 25:2; 1Chr 25:9
4. one of those who took strange wives Ezra 10:42.
5. a priest Neh 12:14.
Thayer’s
Joseph Henry Thayer, Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889). Public-domain digital text.
Ἰωσήφ G2501
Iōsḗph
Ἰωσήφ, indeclinable (in Josephus (e. g. contra Apion 1, 14, 16; 32, 3; 33, 5) Ιωσηπος), ὁ (יוסֵף, from יָסַף to add, Gen 30:23 f (cf. B. D. under the word )), Joseph;
1. the patriarch, the eleventh son of Jacob: Joh 4:5; Acts 7:9, 13f, 18; Heb 11:21 f; φυλή Ἰωσήφ, i. e. the tribe of Ephraim, Rev 7:8.
2. the son of Jonan (or Jonam), one of Christ's ancestors: Luk 3:30.
3. the son of Judah (or Judas; better Joda) another ancestor of Jesus: Luk 3:26 (where L marginal reading T Tr WH Ἰωσήχ, which see).
4. the son of Mattathias, another of the same: Luk 3:24.
5. the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus: Mat 1:16; Mat 1:18-20; Mat 1:24; Mat 2:13; Mat 2:19; Luk 1:27; Luk 2:4; Luk 2:16; Luk 2:33 R L, R G L marginal reading;; Joh 1:45;.
6. an own brother of our Lord: Mat 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: Mat 27:57; Mat 27:59; Mar 15:43; Mar 15:45; Luk 23:50; Joh 19:38.
8. Joseph, surnamed Βαρναβᾶς (which see): Act 4:36 L T Tr WH (for R G Ἰωσῆς (which see Act 5:4)).
9. Joseph called Barsabas (better Barsabbas; see the word), and surnamed Justus: Act 1:23. (See Ἰωσῆς, 3)
STRONGS NT 2501a: ἸωσήχἸωσήχ, Josech, see Ἰωσήφ, 3.