Ἰωσήφ G2501
Joseph — indeclinable proper name borne by several biblical figures, from the patriarch to the husband of Mary
A Hebrew name meaning 'he adds' or 'may he add,' carried by at least eight distinct individuals in the New Testament. The most prominent are the patriarch Joseph son of Jacob (Acts 7:9), Joseph the husband of Mary and legal father of Jesus (Matt 1:16), Joseph of Arimathea who buried Jesus (Matt 27:57), and Joseph called Barnabas (Acts 4:36). Two otherwise unknown ancestors of Jesus also bear this name in Luke's genealogy. The multilingual evidence uniformly transliterates rather than translates, preserving the name across Spanish, French, and German as José, Joseph, and Josef respectively.
Senses
1. of ōsēph — The standard form Iōsēph (Ἰωσήφ), covering all named bearers: the patriarch (Acts 7:9; Heb 11:22), the husband of Mary (Matt 1:16–24), Joseph of Arimathea (Matt 27:57), a brother of Jesus (Matt 13:55), and two ancestors in Luke's genealogy (Luke 3:24, 30). All major translations render it consistently — English 'Joseph,' Spanish 'José,' French and German 'Joseph/Josef' — reflecting its status as an indeclinable loanword from Hebrew יוֹסֵף. 35×
AR["وَ-يُوسُفُ", "يوسُفَ", "يَا-يُوسُفُ", "يُوسُفَ", "يُوسُفُ"]·ben["যোষেফ", "যোষেফ,", "যোষেফকে", "যোষেফের", "যোষেফের,", "যোসেফ", "যোসেফের"]·DE["Josef"]·EN["Iōsēph", "of-Iōsēph"]·FR["Joseph"]·heb["יוֹסֵף"]·HI["इōसēफ", "यूसुफ", "यूसुफ-का", "यूसुफ-को", "यूसुफ-ने", "यूसुफ-से", "योसेफ"]·ID["Yusuf", "Yusuf,", "itu"]·IT["Giuseppe"]·jav["Yosèf", "Yusuf", "Yusuf,"]·KO["요셉", "요셉-은", "요셉-을", "요셉-의", "요셉-이", "요셉과", "요셉아", "요셉에게", "요셉이", "요셋", "요셋-은", "요셋-의"]·PT["José", "a-José", "de-José"]·RU["Иосиф", "Иосифа", "Иосифов", "Иосифу"]·ES["Iōsēph", "Iōsḗph", "de-Iōsḗph", "de-José"]·SW["Iōsēph", "Iōsḗph", "wa-Iōsēph"]·TR["Yusuf", "Yusuf'a", "Yusuf'un", "Yusuf’un"]·urd["یوسف", "یوسف-سے", "یوسف-نے", "یوسف-کا", "یوسف-کی"]
Matt 1:16, Matt 1:18, Matt 1:19, Matt 1:20, Matt 1:24, Matt 2:13, Matt 2:19, Matt 13:55, Matt 27:56, Matt 27:57, Matt 27:59, Mark 15:43 (+23 more)
2. ōsēch — A variant spelling Iōsēch (Ἰωσήχ) appearing only at Luke 3:26 for an ancestor of Jesus in the Lukan genealogy. The textual tradition preserves this distinct form, and translations across languages uniformly reproduce it as a separate name (English 'Josech,' Spanish 'Josec'), likely reflecting a different Hebrew or Aramaic original or a scribal variant in Luke's genealogical source. 1×
AR["يُوسَيخَ"]·ben["যোষেখের"]·DE["Josef"]·EN["Iōsēch"]·FR["Joseph"]·heb["יוֹסֵךְ"]·HI["योसेख"]·ID["Yosekh"]·IT["Giuseppe"]·jav["Yosèkh,"]·KO["요섹-의"]·PT["José"]·RU["Иосихов"]·ES["Iōsēch"]·SW["Iōsēch"]·TR["Yoseh"]·urd["یوسیخ-کا"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Ἰωσήφ indecl. (FlJ, Ἰώσηπος, -ου), ὁ (Heb. יוֹסֵף), Joseph; __1. the Son of Jacob: Jhn.4:5, Act.7:9, 13-14 7:18, Heb.11:21-22, Rev.7:8. __2. In the genealogy of our Lord, __(a) the son of Matthias: Luk.3:24; __(b) the son Joram: Luk.3:30. __3. The husband of Mary, the Lord's mother Mat.1:16 ff, Luk.1:27, Jhn.1:46, al. __4. One of the brethren of our Lord (see: ἀδελφός): Mat.13:55. __5. Son of…