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Lexicon :: Strong's G2501 - iōsēph

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Ἰωσήφ
Transliteration
iōsēph (Key)
Pronunciation
ee-o-safe'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Hebrew origin יוֹסֵף (H3130)
mGNT
36x in 3 unique form(s) TR
35x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
220x in 1 unique form(s)
Strong’s Definitions

†Ἰωσήφ Iōsḗph, ee-o-safe'; of Hebrew origin (H3130); Joseph, the name of seven Israelites:—Joseph.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 35x

The KJV translates Strong's G2501 in the following manner: Joseph (husband of Mary) (16x), Joseph (son of Jacob) (9x), Joseph of Arimathaea (6x), Joseph (son of Judas) (1x), Joseph of Barsabas (1x), Joseph son of Jonan (1x), Joseph (son of Mattathias) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 35x
The KJV translates Strong's G2501 in the following manner: Joseph (husband of Mary) (16x), Joseph (son of Jacob) (9x), Joseph of Arimathaea (6x), Joseph (son of Judas) (1x), Joseph of Barsabas (1x), Joseph son of Jonan (1x), Joseph (son of Mattathias) (1x).

  1. Joseph = "let him add"

    1. the patriarch, the eleventh son of Jacob

    2. the son of Jonan or Jonam, one of the ancestors of Christ, Lk 3:30

    3. the son of Judah [or Judas; better Joda] another ancestor of Jesus, Lk 3:26

    4. the son of Mattathias, another ancestor of Christ, Lk 3:24

    5. the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus

    6. a half-brother of Jesus Mat. 13:55

    7. Joseph of Arimathaea, a member of the Sanhedrin, who favoured Jesus. Mt. 27:57,59; Mk 15:43,45

    8. Joseph surnamed Barnabas Acts 4:36

    9. Joseph call Barsabas and surnamed Justus, Acts 1:23

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†Ἰωσήφ Iōsḗph, ee-o-safe'; of Hebrew origin (H3130); Joseph, the name of seven Israelites:—Joseph.
STRONGS G2501:
Ἰωσήφ, indeclinable (in Josephus (e. g. contra Apion 1, 14, 16; 32, 3; 33, 5) Ιωσηπος), ὁ (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, Luke 2:43 R G L marginal reading; Luke 3:23; 4:22; John 1:45 (John 1:46); John 6:42.
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)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
30:23
Matthew
1; 1:16; 1:24; 2:13; 2:19; 13:55; 27:57; 27:59
Mark
15:43; 15:45
Luke
1:27; 2:4; 2:16; 2:33; 2:43; 3:23; 3:24; 3:26; 3:30; 4:22; 23:50
John
1:45; 1:46; 4:5; 6:42; 19:38
Acts
1:23; 4:36; 5:4; 7:9; 7:13; 7:18
Hebrews
11:21
Revelation
7:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2501 matches the Greek Ἰωσήφ (iōsēph),
which occurs 220 times in 197 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 4 (Gen 30:24–Gen 41:49)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:24 - So she called his name Joseph,[fn] and said, “The LORD shall add to me another son.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:25 - And it came to pass, when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my own place and to my country.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:2 - And he put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:7 - And Leah also came near with her children, and they bowed down. Afterward Joseph and Rachel came near, and they bowed down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:24 - the sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:2 - This is the history of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. And the lad was with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives; and Joseph brought a bad report of them to his father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:3 - Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age. Also he made him a tunic of many colors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:5 - Now Joseph had a dream, and he told it to his brothers; and they hated him even more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:13 - And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, I will send you to them.” So he said to him, “Here I am.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:17 - And the man said, “They have departed from here, for I heard them say, ‘Let us go to Dothan.’ ” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them in Dothan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:23 - So it came to pass, when Joseph had come to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the tunic of many colors that was on him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:28 - Then Midianite traders passed by; so the brothers pulled Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. And they took Joseph to Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:29 - Then Reuben returned to the pit, and indeed Joseph was not in the pit; and he tore his clothes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:31 - So they took Joseph’s tunic, killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the tunic in the blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:33 - And he recognized it and said, “It is my son’s tunic. A wild beast has devoured him. Without doubt Joseph is torn to pieces.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 37:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:36 - Now the Midianites[fn] had sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:1 - Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt. And Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him down there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:2 - The LORD was with Joseph, and he was a successful man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:4 - So Joseph found favor in his sight, and served him. Then he made him overseer of his house, and all that he had he put under his authority.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:5 - So it was, from the time that he had made him overseer of his house and all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s house for Joseph’s sake; and the blessing of the LORD was on all that he had in the house and in the field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:6 - Thus he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand, and he did not know what he had except for the bread which he ate. Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:7 - And it came to pass after these things that his master’s wife cast longing eyes on Joseph, and she said, “Lie with me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:10 - So it was, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he did not heed her, to lie with her or to be with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 39:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:11 - But it happened about this time, when Joseph went into the house to do his work, and none of the men of the house was inside,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:20 - Then Joseph’s master took him and put him into the prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were confined. And he was there in the prison.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:21 - But the LORD was with Joseph and showed him mercy, and He gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:22 - And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph’s hand all the prisoners who were in the prison; whatever they did there, it was his doing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:23 - The keeper of the prison did not look into anything that was under Joseph’s[fn] authority, because the LORD was with him; and whatever he did, the LORD made it prosper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:3 - So he put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison, the place where Joseph was confined.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:4 - And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them; so they were in custody for a while.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:6 - And Joseph came in to them in the morning and looked at them, and saw that they were sad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:8 - And they said to him, “We each have had a dream, and there is no interpreter of it.” So Joseph said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell them to me, please.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:9 - Then the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, “Behold, in my dream a vine was before me,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:12 - And Joseph said to him, “This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:16 - When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, “I also was in my dream, and there were three white baskets on my head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:18 - So Joseph answered and said, “This is the interpretation of it: The three baskets are three days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:22 - But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:23 - Yet the chief butler did not remember Joseph, but forgot him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:14 - Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him quickly out of the dungeon; and he shaved, changed his clothing, and came to Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:15 - And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have had a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. But I have heard it said of you that you can understand a dream, to interpret it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:16 - So Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, “It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:17 - Then Pharaoh said to Joseph: “Behold, in my dream I stood on the bank of the river.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:25 - Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “The dreams of Pharaoh are one; God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:39 - Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Inasmuch as God has shown you all this, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:41 - And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:42 - Then Pharaoh took his signet ring off his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand; and he clothed him in garments of fine linen and put a gold chain around his neck.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:44 - Pharaoh also said to Joseph, “I am Pharaoh, and without your consent no man may lift his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:45

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:45 - And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphnath-Paaneah. And he gave him as a wife Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On. So Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:46 - Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:49 - Joseph gathered very much grain, as the sand of the sea, until he stopped counting, for it was immeasurable.

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