Strong's Number 2501
Transliteration:
Ioseph
{ee-o-safe'}
Word Origin:
Part of Speech:
proper name masculine
Usage in the KJV:
Joseph (husband of Mary) 16, Joseph (son of Jacob) 9, Joseph of Arimathaea 6, Joseph (son of Judas) 1, Joseph of Barsabas 1, Joseph son of Jonan 1, Joseph (son of Mattathias) 1
Total: 35
Definition:
Joseph = "let him add"
- the patriarch, the eleventh son of Jacob
- the son of Jonan or Jonam, one of the ancestors of Christ, Lk 3:30
- the son of Judah [or Judas; better Joda] another ancestor of Jesus, Lk 3:26
- the son of Mattathias, another ancestor of Christ, Lk 3:24
- the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus
- a half-brother of Jesus Mat. 13:55
- Joseph of Arimathaea, a member of the Sanhedrin, who favoured Jesus. Mt. 27:57,59; Mk 15:43,45
- Joseph surnamed Barnabas Acts 4:36
- Joseph call Barsabas and surnamed Justus, Acts 1:23