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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 - And she named him Joseph, saying, “May Yahweh [fn]give me another son.”

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Now it happened when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, “Send me away, that I may go to my own place and to my own land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:2 - And he put the servant-women and their children first, and Leah and her children after them, and Rachel and Joseph after them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:7 - Leah likewise came near with her children, and they bowed down; and afterward Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:24 -

the sons of Rachel:

Joseph and Benjamin;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:2 - These are the generations of Jacob.

Joseph, when seventeen years of age, was pasturing the flock with his brothers while he was still a youth, along with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives. And Joseph brought back an evil report about them to their father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:3 - Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a [fn]varicolored tunic.

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Then Joseph [fn]had a dream, and he told it to his brothers; so they hated him even more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:13 - And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” And he said to him, “[fn]I will go.”

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:23 - Now it happened, when Joseph [fn]reached his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his [fn]tunic, the varicolored tunic that was on him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:28 - Then some Midianite traders passed by, so they pulled him up and lifted Joseph out of the pit and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for [fn]twenty shekels of silver. Thus they brought Joseph into Egypt.

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Then Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph was not in the pit; so he tore his garments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:31 - So they took Joseph’s tunic and slaughtered a male goat and dipped the tunic in the blood;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:33 - And he recognized it and said, “It is my son’s tunic. A wild beast has devoured him; Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:36 - Meanwhile, the [fn]Midianites sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, Pharaoh’s officer, the captain of the bodyguard.

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Now Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an Egyptian official of Pharaoh, the captain of the bodyguard, bought him [fn]from the Ishmaelites, who had brought him down there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:2 - And Yahweh was with Joseph, so he became a [fn]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 [fn]attended on him; and he appointed him overseer over his house, and all that he owned he gave in his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:5 - Now it happened that from the time he appointed him overseer in his house and over all that he owned, Yahweh blessed the Egyptian’s house on account of Joseph; thus the blessing of Yahweh was upon all that he owned, in the house and in the field.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:6 - So he left everything he owned in Joseph’s hand; and with him there he did not [fn]concern himself with anything except the [fn]food which he [fn]ate.

Now Joseph was beautiful in form and beautiful in appearance.

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And it happened after these events that his master’s wife [fn]set her eyes on Joseph and said, “Lie with me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:10 - So it happened that as she spoke to Joseph day after day, he did not listen to her to lie beside her or be with her.

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Now it happened [fn]one day that he went into the house to do his work, and none of the men of the household was there inside.

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:21 - But Yahweh was with Joseph and [fn]extended lovingkindness to him and gave him favor in the sight of the chief jailer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:22 - So the chief jailer gave into the hand of Joseph all the prisoners who were in the jail; so that whatever was done there, he was [fn]the one who did it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:23 - The chief jailer did not supervise anything under Joseph’s hand because Yahweh was with him; and whatever he did, Yahweh made to succeed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:3 - So he put them in confinement in the house of the captain of the bodyguard, in the jail, the same place where Joseph was imprisoned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:4 - And the captain of the bodyguard appointed Joseph as overseer over them, and he [fn]attended to them; and they were in confinement for [fn]some time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:6 - Now Joseph came to them in the morning and saw them, and behold, they were dejected.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:8 - Then they said to him, “We have [fn]had a dream, and there is no one to interpret it.” Then Joseph said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to God? Recount it to me, please.”

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So the chief cupbearer recounted his dream to Joseph and said to him, “In my dream, [fn]behold, there was a vine in front of me;

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

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And the chief baker saw that he had interpreted favorably, so he said to Joseph, “I also saw in my dream, and behold, there were three baskets of white bread on my head;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:18 - Then Joseph answered and said, “This is its interpretation: the three baskets are three days;

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

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

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Then Pharaoh sent and called for Joseph, and they rushed him out of the pit; and he shaved himself and changed his clothes, and he came to Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:15 - And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “I have had a dream, but no one can interpret it; yet I have heard [fn]it said about you, that [fn]you hear a dream and that you can interpret it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:16 - Joseph then answered Pharaoh, saying, “[fn]It is not in me; God will [fn]answer concerning the welfare of Pharaoh.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:17 - So Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, “In my dream, behold, I was standing on the bank of the Nile;

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Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, “Pharaoh’s [fn]dreams are one and the same; God has declared to Pharaoh what He is about to do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:39 - So Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made you know all of this, there is no one so understanding and wise as you are.

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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 removed his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph’s hand and clothed him in garments of fine linen and put the gold necklace around his neck.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:44 - Moreover, Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Though I am Pharaoh, yet without [fn]your permission no one shall raise his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:45 - Then Pharaoh named Joseph [fn]Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of [fn]On, as a wife. And Joseph went forth over the land of Egypt.

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Now Joseph was thirty years old when he [fn]stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh and passed through all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:49 - Thus Joseph stored up grain [fn]in great abundance like the sand of the sea, until he stopped [fn]measuring it, for it was [fn]beyond measure.

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