יוֹסֵף
Joseph
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- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
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- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
Every verse where H3130 appears in the Book of Genesis — 137 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis
- Genesis 30:24 יוֹסֵ֖ף n Proper She named him Joseph, saying, "May Yahweh add another son to me."
- Genesis 30:25 יוֹסֵ֑ף n Proper 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 country.
- Genesis 33:2 יוֹסֵ֖ף n Proper He put the handmaids and their children in front, Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.
- Genesis 33:7 יוֹסֵ֛ף n Proper Leah also and her children came near, and bowed themselves. After them, Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed themselves.
- Genesis 35:24 יוֹסֵ֖ף n Proper The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin.
- Genesis 37:2 יוֹסֵ֞ף יוֹסֵ֛ף n Proper n Proper This is the history of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers. He was a boy with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph brought an evil report of them to their father.
- Genesis 37:3 יוֹסֵף֙ n Proper Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a coat of many colors.
- Genesis 37:5 יוֹסֵף֙ n Proper Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him all the more.
- Genesis 37:13 יוֹסֵ֗ף n Proper Israel said to Joseph, "Aren't your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them." He said to him, "Here I am."
- Genesis 37:17 יוֹסֵף֙ n Proper The man said, "They have left here, for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'" Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.
- Genesis 37:23 יוֹסֵ֖ף יוֹסֵף֙ n Proper n Proper It happened, when Joseph came to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his coat, the coat of many colors that was on him;
- Genesis 37:28 יוֹסֵף֙ יוֹסֵ֛ף יוֹסֵ֖ף n Proper n Proper n Proper Midianites who were merchants passed by, and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. They brought Joseph into Egypt.
- Genesis 37:29 יוֹסֵ֖ף n Proper Reuben returned to the pit; and saw that Joseph wasn't in the pit; and he tore his clothes.
- Genesis 37:31 יוֹסֵ֑ף n Proper They took Joseph's coat, and killed a male goat, and dipped the coat in the blood.
- Genesis 37:33 יוֹסֵֽף n Proper He recognized it, and said, "It is my son's coat. An evil animal has devoured him. Joseph is without doubt torn in pieces."
- Genesis 39:1 וְ/יוֹסֵ֖ף conj + n Proper Joseph was brought down to Egypt. Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, the captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the hand of the Ishmaelites that had brought him down there.
- Genesis 39:2 יוֹסֵ֔ף n Proper Yahweh was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man. He was in the house of his master the Egyptian.
- Genesis 39:4 יוֹסֵ֥ף n Proper Joseph found favor in his sight. He ministered to him, and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand.
- Genesis 39:5 יוֹסֵ֑ף n Proper It happened from the time that he made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that Yahweh blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of Yahweh was on all that he had, in the house and in the field.
- Genesis 39:6 יוֹסֵף֒ יוֹסֵ֔ף n Proper n Proper He left all that he had in Joseph's hand. He didn't concern himself with anything, except for the food which he ate. Joseph was well-built and handsome.
- Genesis 39:7 יוֹסֵ֑ף n Proper It happened after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph; and she said, "Lie with me."
- Genesis 39:10 יוֹסֵ֖ף n Proper It happened that as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he didn't listen to her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
- Genesis 39:20 יוֹסֵ֜ף n Proper Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were bound, and he was there in custody.
- Genesis 39:21 יוֹסֵ֔ף n Proper But Yahweh was with Joseph, and showed kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison.
- Genesis 39:22 יוֹסֵ֔ף n Proper The keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners who were in the prison. Whatever they did there, he was the doer of it.
- Genesis 40:3 יוֹסֵ֖ף n Proper He put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound.
- Genesis 40:4 יוֹסֵ֛ף n Proper The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he took care of them. They stayed in prison many days.
- Genesis 40:6 יוֹסֵ֖ף n Proper Joseph came in to them in the morning, and saw them, and saw that they were sad.
- Genesis 40:8 יוֹסֵ֗ף n Proper They said to him, "We have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it." Joseph said to them, "Don't interpretations belong to God? Please tell it to me."
- Genesis 40:9 לְ/יוֹסֵ֑ף prep + n Proper The chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, "In my dream, behold, a vine was in front of me,
- Genesis 40:12 יוֹסֵ֔ף n Proper Joseph said to him, "This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days.
- Genesis 40:16 יוֹסֵ֔ף n Proper When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, "I also was in my dream, and, behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head.
- Genesis 40:18 יוֹסֵף֙ n Proper Joseph answered, "This is the interpretation of it. The three baskets are three days.
- Genesis 40:22 יוֹסֵֽף n Proper but he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.
- Genesis 40:23 יוֹסֵ֖ף n Proper Yet the chief cupbearer didn't remember Joseph, but forgot him.
- Genesis 41:14 יוֹסֵ֔ף n Proper Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon. He shaved himself, changed his clothing, and came in to Pharaoh.
- Genesis 41:15 יוֹסֵ֔ף n Proper Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. I have heard it said of you, that when you hear a dream you can interpret it."
- Genesis 41:16 יוֹסֵ֧ף n Proper Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, "It isn't in me. God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace."
- Genesis 41:17 יוֹסֵ֑ף n Proper Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, "In my dream, behold, I stood on the brink of the river:
- Genesis 41:25 יוֹסֵף֙ n Proper Joseph said to Pharaoh, "The dream of Pharaoh is one. What God is about to do he has declared to Pharaoh.
- Genesis 41:39 יוֹסֵ֔ף n Proper Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Because God has shown you all of this, there is none so discreet and wise as you.
- Genesis 41:41 יוֹסֵ֑ף n Proper Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Behold, I have set you over all the land of Egypt."
- Genesis 41:42 יוֹסֵ֑ף n Proper Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand, and put it on Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in robes of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck,
- Genesis 41:44 יוֹסֵ֖ף n Proper Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I am Pharaoh, and without you shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt."
- Genesis 41:45 יוֹסֵף֮ יוֹסֵ֖ף n Proper n Proper Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On as a wife. Joseph went out over the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 41:46 וְ/יוֹסֵף֙ יוֹסֵף֙ conj + n Proper n Proper Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 41:49 יוֹסֵ֥ף n Proper Joseph laid up grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it was without number.
- Genesis 41:50 וּ/לְ/יוֹסֵ֤ף conj + prep + n Proper To Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine came, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him.
- Genesis 41:51 יוֹסֵ֛ף n Proper Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh, "For," he said, "God has made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house."
- Genesis 41:54 יוֹסֵ֑ף n Proper The seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
- Genesis 41:55 יוֹסֵ֔ף n Proper When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread, and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, "Go to Joseph. What he says to you, do."
- Genesis 41:56 יוֹסֵ֜ף n Proper The famine was over all the surface of the earth. Joseph opened all the store-houses, and sold to the Egyptians. The famine was severe in the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 41:57 יוֹסֵ֑ף n Proper All countries came into Egypt, to Joseph, to buy grain, because the famine was severe in all the earth.
- Genesis 42:3 יוֹסֵ֖ף n Proper Joseph's ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
- Genesis 42:4 יוֹסֵ֔ף n Proper But Jacob didn't send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with his brothers; for he said, "Lest perhaps harm happen to him."
- Genesis 42:6 וְ/יוֹסֵ֗ף יוֹסֵ֔ף conj + n Proper n Proper Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph's brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.
- Genesis 42:7 יוֹסֵ֛ף n Proper Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, "Where did you come from?" They said, "From the land of Canaan to buy food."
- Genesis 42:8 יוֹסֵ֖ף n Proper Joseph recognized his brothers, but they didn't recognize him.
- Genesis 42:9 יוֹסֵ֔ף n Proper Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed about them, and said to them, "You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land."
- Genesis 42:14 יוֹסֵ֑ף n Proper Joseph said to them, "It is like I told you, saying, 'You are spies.'
- Genesis 42:18 יוֹסֵף֙ n Proper Joseph said to them the third day, "Do this, and live, for I fear God.
- Genesis 42:23 יוֹסֵ֑ף n Proper They didn't know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.
- Genesis 42:25 יוֹסֵ֗ף n Proper Then Joseph commanded to fill their bags with grain, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them food for the way. So it done to them.
- Genesis 42:36 יוֹסֵ֤ף n Proper Jacob, their father, said to them, "You have bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take Benjamin away. All these things are against me."
- Genesis 43:15 יוֹסֵֽף n Proper The men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.
- Genesis 43:16 יוֹסֵ֣ף n Proper When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, "Bring the men into the house, and butcher an animal, and make ready; for the men will dine with me at noon."
- Genesis 43:17 יוֹסֵ֑ף יוֹסֵֽף n Proper n Proper The man did as Joseph commanded, and the man brought the men to Joseph's house.
- Genesis 43:18 יוֹסֵף֒ n Proper The men were afraid, because they were brought to Joseph's house; and they said, "Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall on us, and take us for bondservants, along with our donkeys."
- Genesis 43:19 יוֹסֵ֑ף n Proper They came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they spoke to him at the door of the house,
- Genesis 43:24 יוֹסֵ֑ף n Proper The man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet. He gave their donkeys fodder.
- Genesis 43:25 יוֹסֵ֖ף n Proper They made ready the present for Joseph's coming at noon, for they heard that they should eat bread there.
- Genesis 43:26 יוֹסֵף֙ n Proper When Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed down themselves to him to the earth.
- Genesis 43:30 יוֹסֵ֗ף n Proper Joseph made haste; for his heart yearned over his brother: and he sought a place to weep; and he entered into his room, and wept there.
- Genesis 44:2 יוֹסֵ֖ף n Proper Put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, with his grain money." He did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.
- Genesis 44:4 וְ/יוֹסֵ֤ף conj + n Proper When they had gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, "Up, follow after the men. When you overtake them, ask them, 'Why have you rewarded evil for good?
- Genesis 44:14 יוֹסֵ֔ף n Proper Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house, and he was still there. They fell on the ground before him.
- Genesis 44:15 יוֹסֵ֔ף n Proper Joseph said to them, "What deed is this that you have done? Don't you know that such a man as I can indeed divine?"
- Genesis 45:1 יוֹסֵ֜ף יוֹסֵ֖ף n Proper n Proper Then Joseph couldn't control himself before all those who stood before him, and he cried, "Cause every man to go out from me!" There stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known to his brothers.
- Genesis 45:3 יוֹסֵ֤ף יוֹסֵ֔ף n Proper n Proper Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph! Does my father still live?" His brothers couldn't answer him; for they were terrified at his presence.
- Genesis 45:4 יוֹסֵ֧ף יוֹסֵ֣ף n Proper n Proper Joseph said to his brothers, "Come near to me, please." They came near. "He said, I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.
- Genesis 45:9 יוֹסֵ֔ף n Proper Hurry, and go up to my father, and tell him, 'This is what your son Joseph says, "God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me. Don't wait.
- Genesis 45:16 יוֹסֵ֑ף n Proper The report of it was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, "Joseph's brothers have come." It pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.
- Genesis 45:17 יוֹסֵ֔ף n Proper Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Tell your brothers, 'Do this. Load your animals, and go, travel to the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 45:21 יוֹסֵ֛ף n Proper The sons of Israel did so. Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.
- Genesis 45:26 יוֹסֵ֣ף n Proper They told him, saying, "Joseph is still alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt." His heart fainted, for he didn't believe them.
- Genesis 45:27 יוֹסֵף֙ יוֹסֵ֖ף n Proper n Proper They told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them. When he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob, their father, revived.
- Genesis 45:28 יוֹסֵ֥ף n Proper Israel said, "It is enough. Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die."
- Genesis 46:4 וְ/יוֹסֵ֕ף conj + n Proper I will go down with you into Egypt. I will also surely bring you up again. Joseph will close your eyes."
- Genesis 46:19 יוֹסֵ֖ף n Proper The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin.
- Genesis 46:20 לְ/יוֹסֵף֮ prep + n Proper To Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him.
- Genesis 46:27 יוֹסֵ֛ף n Proper The sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls. All the souls of the house of Jacob, who came into Egypt, were seventy.
- Genesis 46:28 יוֹסֵ֔ף n Proper He sent Judah before him to Joseph, to show the way before him to Goshen, and they came into the land of Goshen.
- Genesis 46:29 יוֹסֵף֙ n Proper Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel, his father, in Goshen. He presented himself to him, and fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
- Genesis 46:30 יוֹסֵ֖ף n Proper Israel said to Joseph, "Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive."
- Genesis 46:31 יוֹסֵ֤ף n Proper Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father's house, "I will go up, and speak with Pharaoh, and will tell him, 'My brothers, and my father's house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.
- Genesis 47:1 יוֹסֵף֮ n Proper Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, "My father and my brothers, with their flocks, their herds, and all that they own, have come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen."
- Genesis 47:5 יוֹסֵ֖ף n Proper Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, "Your father and your brothers have come to you.
- Genesis 47:7 יוֹסֵף֙ n Proper Joseph brought in Jacob, his father, and set him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.
- Genesis 47:11 יוֹסֵף֮ n Proper Joseph placed his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.
- Genesis 47:12 יוֹסֵף֙ n Proper Joseph nourished his father, his brothers, and all of his father's household, with bread, according to their families.
- Genesis 47:14 יוֹסֵ֗ף יוֹסֵ֛ף n Proper n Proper Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the grain which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house.
- Genesis 47:15 יוֹסֵ֤ף n Proper When the money was all spent in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, "Give us bread, for why should we die in your presence? For our money fails."
- Genesis 47:16 יוֹסֵף֙ n Proper Joseph said, "Give your cattle; and I will give you food for your cattle, if money fails."
- Genesis 47:17 יוֹסֵף֒ יוֹסֵ֨ף n Proper n Proper They brought their cattle to Joseph, and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for the horses, and for the flocks, and for the herds, and for the donkeys: and he fed them with bread in exchange for all their cattle for that year.
- Genesis 47:20 יוֹסֵ֜ף n Proper So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine was severe on them, and the land became Pharaoh's.
- Genesis 47:23 יוֹסֵף֙ n Proper Then Joseph said to the people, "Behold, I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh. Behold, here is seed for you, and you shall sow the land.
- Genesis 47:26 יוֹסֵ֡ף n Proper Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth. Only the land of the priests alone didn't become Pharaoh's.
- Genesis 47:29 לְ/יוֹסֵ֗ף prep + n Proper The time drew near that Israel must die, and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, please put your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me. Please don't bury me in Egypt,
- Genesis 48:1 לְ/יוֹסֵ֔ף prep + n Proper It happened after these things, that someone said to Joseph, "Behold, your father is sick." He took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.
- Genesis 48:2 יוֹסֵ֖ף n Proper Someone told Jacob, and said, "Behold, your son Joseph comes to you," and Israel strengthened himself, and sat on the bed.
- Genesis 48:3 יוֹסֵ֔ף n Proper Jacob said to Joseph, "God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
- Genesis 48:8 יוֹסֵ֑ף n Proper Israel saw Joseph's sons, and said, "Who are these?"
- Genesis 48:9 יוֹסֵף֙ n Proper Joseph said to his father, "They are my sons, whom God has given me here." He said, "Please bring them to me, and I will bless them."
- Genesis 48:11 יוֹסֵ֔ף n Proper Israel said to Joseph, "I didn't think I would see your face, and, behold, God has let me see your seed also."
- Genesis 48:12 יוֹסֵ֛ף n Proper Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth.
- Genesis 48:13 יוֹסֵף֮ n Proper Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near to him.
- Genesis 48:15 יוֹסֵ֖ף n Proper He blessed Joseph, and said, "The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God who has fed me all my life long to this day,
- Genesis 48:17 יוֹסֵ֗ף n Proper When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him. He held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.
- Genesis 48:18 יוֹסֵ֛ף n Proper Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father; for this is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head."
- Genesis 48:21 יוֹסֵ֔ף n Proper Israel said to Joseph, "Behold, I am dying, but God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.
- Genesis 49:22 יוֹסֵ֔ף n Proper "Joseph is a fruitful vine, A fruitful vine by a spring; His branches run over the wall.
- Genesis 49:26 יוֹסֵ֔ף n Proper The blessings of your father Have prevailed above the blessings of the ancient mountains, Above the bounty of the age-old hills. They will be on the head of Joseph, On the crown of the head of him who is separated from his brothers.
- Genesis 50:1 יוֹסֵ֖ף n Proper Joseph fell on his father's face, wept on him, and kissed him.
- Genesis 50:2 יוֹסֵ֤ף n Proper Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to embalm his father; and the physicians embalmed Israel.
- Genesis 50:4 יוֹסֵ֔ף n Proper When the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to the house of Pharaoh, saying, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
- Genesis 50:7 יוֹסֵ֖ף n Proper Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, all the elders of the land of Egypt,
- Genesis 50:8 יוֹסֵ֔ף n Proper all the house of Joseph, his brothers, and his father's house. Only their little ones, their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen.
- Genesis 50:14 יוֹסֵ֤ף n Proper Joseph returned into Egypt--he, and his brothers, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.
- Genesis 50:15 יוֹסֵף֙ יוֹסֵ֑ף n Proper n Proper When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully pay us back for all of the evil which we did to him.
- Genesis 50:16 יוֹסֵ֖ף n Proper They sent a message to Joseph, saying, "Your father commanded before he died, saying,
- Genesis 50:17 לְ/יוֹסֵ֗ף יוֹסֵ֖ף prep + n Proper n Proper "So you shall tell Joseph, 'Now please forgive the disobedience of your brothers, and their sin, because they did evil to you.' Now, please forgive the disobedience of the servants of the God of your father." Joseph wept when they spoke to him.
- Genesis 50:19 יוֹסֵ֖ף n Proper Joseph said to them, "Don't be afraid, for am I in the place of God?
- Genesis 50:22 יוֹסֵף֙ יוֹסֵ֔ף n Proper n Proper Joseph lived in Egypt, he, and his father's house. Joseph lived one hundred ten years.
- Genesis 50:23 יוֹסֵף֙ יוֹסֵֽף n Proper n Proper Joseph saw Ephraim's children to the third generation. The children also of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born on Joseph's knees.
- Genesis 50:24 יוֹסֵף֙ n Proper Joseph said to his brothers, "I am dying, but God will surely visit you, and bring you up out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob."
- Genesis 50:25 יוֹסֵ֔ף n Proper Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, "God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here."
- Genesis 50:26 יוֹסֵ֔ף n Proper So Joseph died, being one hundred ten years old, and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt.
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יוסף — transliterated Yôwçêph — is a Hebrew name carrying the sense “Joseph.” Its uses cluster heavily in Genesis (71% of all occurrences). With 193 verses in 16 books, it is a common word in the Hebrew Bible. It first appears in Genesis 30:24. See 193-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
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About this word
Strong's H3130 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 193
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 193 distinct verses.
- 16 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 16 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #225
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 225 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 193 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 193 distinct verses.
- Torah (Pentateuch) 156 verses · 81%
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 25 verses · 13%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 12 verses · 6%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Joseph 184×, Joseph's 18×, I am joseph 2×
- American Standard Version†: Joseph 192×, Him 2×, I am joseph 2×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Joseph 164×, Joseph’s 19×, He 5×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Joseph 207×, Now joseph 3×, Were joseph 2×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H3130 across 213† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 7 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H3130 across 213† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 13 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H3130 across 205† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 10 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 8 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H3130 across 215† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 3 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
9 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 9 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. elder son of Jacob and Rachel;
- a. as an inividual Gn 30:24 (name expl. v 23 (E) from אָסַף = take away, but v 24 (J) from יָסַף add) + 155 times Gn, chiefly in narrative of JE, also poem 49:22, 26 and, depenent on this, 1 Ch 5:1, 2; P only 35:24; 37:2a; 41:46(×2); 46:19, 20, 27; 47:5, 7, 11; 48:3; also Ex 1:5, 6 (P), v 8 13:19 Jos 24:32 (all E), 1 Ch 2:2 ψ 105:17. e.g. Genesis 30:24
- b. as founder of a tribal division מַטֵּה יו׳ (= Manasseh) Nu 13:11; usually בְּנֵי־יו׳ 1:32 (= Ephraim), commonly = Ephraim and Manasseh 1:10; 26:28, 37; 34:23; Jos 14:4; 16:1, 4; 17:14, 16; 18:11, cf. 24:32; 1 Ch 7:29, but also of E. Jordan Israel (where half Manasseh settled) Nu 36:1 = מַטֵּה בני יו׳ v 5; cf. חֲצִי שֵׁבֶט מנשׂה בֶּן־יוֹסֵף 32:33 cf. 36:12, and Jos 17:1, 2; בֵּית יו׳ (Manasseh and Ephraim) 17:17 (so orig. v 14 according to Di), 18:5; Ju 1:22, 23, 35, occupying the great central region of Palestine; 2 S 19:21; 1 K 11:28; ultimately = e.g. Numbers 13:11
- c. the northern kingdom Am 5:6; Zc 10:6 (‖ בֵּית יְהוּדָה) Ob 18 (‖ בית יעקב); so יוֹסֵף alone Am 5:15; 6:6; Dt 27:12; 33:13, 16 Ez 37:16, 19; 47:13; 48:32; בְּנֵי יַעֲקֹב ויוסף ψ 77:16; אֹהֶל יוֹסֵף 78:67 (‖ שֵׁבֶט אֶפְרַיִם). e.g. Amos 5:6
- d. = entire nation ψ 80:2 (‖ ישׂראל); so יְהוֹסֵף 81:6 (‖ id.) e.g. Psalms 80:2
- 2. a man of Issachar Nu 13:7. e.g. Numbers 13:7
- 3. a son of Asaph 1 Ch 25:2, 9. e.g. 1 Chronicles 25:2
- 4. one of those who took strange wives Ezr 10:42. e.g. Ezra 10:42
- 5. a priest Ne 12:14. e.g. Nehemiah 12:14
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
and יְהוֹסֵף (†ψ 81:6 v. Ges§ 53, 3, R. 7). n.pr.m. (he adds, increases, v. יוספיה infr.;—on n.pr. loc. in Pal. Yšap’arḁ (Egyptian form, = יוסף אל) v. MeyZAW vi, 8 WMMAsien u. Europa 162)—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from יסף (yâçaph) (H3254) — to add.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
יוֹסֵף
- (b. h.) pr. n. m. Joseph,
- 1. son of Jacob. B. Bath. 123ᵃ, v. בְּכוֹרָה. Sot. I, 9. Gen. R. s. 30; a. v. fr.
- 2. name of several Tannaim and Amoraim, v. יוֹסֵי
- 3. Sabb. 119ᵃ י׳ מוקיר שבי Joseph, the honorer of the Sabbaths.—Ib. 130ᵃ J. Rishba (the fowler).—Gen. R. s. 65, v. יוֹסֵי
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 34 distinct written forms H3130 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| יוֹסֵ֖ף | Noun, Proper | Exodus 13:19 | 40 |
| יוֹסֵ֔ף | Noun, Proper | Amos 5:6 | 38 |
| יוֹסֵף֙ | Noun, Proper | Exodus 1:6 | 26 |
| יוֹסֵ֑ף | Noun, Proper | Genesis 30:25 | 22 |
| יוֹסֵ֛ף | Noun, Proper | Genesis 33:7 | 15 |
| יוֹסֵֽף | Noun, Proper | Amos 5:15 | 14 |
| יוֹסֵ֗ף | Noun, Proper | Genesis 37:13 | 7 |
| יוֹסֵ֤ף | Noun, Proper | Genesis 42:36 | 6 |
| יוֹסֵ֜ף | Noun, Proper | Ezekiel 48:32 | 5 |
| יוֹסֵ֣ף | Noun, Proper | Genesis 43:16 | 5 |
| יוֹסֵף֮ | Noun, Proper | Genesis 41:45 | 4 |
| יוֹסֵ֥ף | Noun, Proper | Genesis 39:4 | 3 |
| יוֹסֵף֒ | Noun, Proper | Genesis 39:6 | 3 |
| וְ/יוֹסֵ֖ף | Noun, Proper | Exodus 1:5 | 2 |
| יוֹסֵ֧ף | Noun, Proper | Genesis 41:16 | 2 |
| לְ/יוֹסֵ֑ף | Noun, Proper | Genesis 40:9 | 2 |
| לְ/יוֹסֵ֗ף | Noun, Proper | Genesis 47:29 | 2 |
| וְ/יוֹסֵ֕ף | Noun, Proper | Genesis 46:4 | 1 |
| וְ/יוֹסֵ֗ף | Noun, Proper | Genesis 42:6 | 1 |
| וְ/יוֹסֵ֛ף | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 25:2 | 1 |
| וְ/יוֹסֵ֣ף | Noun, Proper | Psalms 77:15 | 1 |
| וְ/יוֹסֵ֤ף | Noun, Proper | Genesis 44:4 | 1 |
| וְ/יוֹסֵ֥ף | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 27:12 | 1 |
| וְ/יוֹסֵף֙ | Noun, Proper | Genesis 41:46 | 1 |
| וּ/לְ/יוֹסֵ֣ף | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 33:13 | 1 |
| וּ/לְ/יוֹסֵ֤ף | Noun, Proper | Genesis 41:50 | 1 |
| י֠וֹסֵף | Noun, Proper | Joshua 24:32 | 1 |
| יוֹסֵ֞ף | Noun, Proper | Genesis 37:2 | 1 |
| יוֹסֵ֡ף | Noun, Proper | Genesis 47:26 | 1 |
| יוֹסֵ֨ף | Noun, Proper | Genesis 47:17 | 1 |
| לְ/יוֹסֵ֔ף | Noun, Proper | Genesis 48:1 | 1 |
| לְ/יוֹסֵֽף | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 5:2 | 1 |
| לְ/יוֹסֵף֙ | Noun, Proper | Ezekiel 37:16 | 1 |
| לְ/יוֹסֵף֮ | Noun, Proper | Genesis 46:20 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H3130, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
- ופסי Vophçîy H2058 Vophsi
- יוספיה Yôwçiphyâh H3131 Josiphiah
- Ιωσηφ Iōsḗph G2501 Joseph
- יהוסף Yᵉhôwçêph H3084 Joseph
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 7 — not the complete family. 4 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Bible dictionary
Public-domain dictionary articles matched to this entry by name (Joseph). A biblical name can be shared by more than one person or place, so an article may treat several.
Easton's Bible Dictionary · M. G. Easton, 1897
Remover or increaser. (1.) The elder of the two sons of Jacob by Rachel (Gen. 30:23, 24), who, on the occasion of his birth, said, "God hath taken away [Heb. asaph] my reproach." "The Lord shall add [Heb. yoseph] to me another son" (Gen. 30:24). He was a child of probably six years of age when his father returned from Haran to Canaan and took up his residence in the old patriarchal town of Hebron. "Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age," and he "made him a long garment with sleeves" (Gen. 37:3, R.V. marg.), i.e., a garment long and full, such as was worn by the children of nobles. This seems to be the correct rendering of the words. The phrase, however, may also be rendered, "a coat of many pieces", i.e., a patchwork of many small pieces of divers colours.
When he was about seventeen years old Joseph incurred the jealous hatred of his brothers (Gen. 37:4). They "hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him." Their anger was increased when he told them his dreams (37:11).
Jacob desiring to hear tidings of his sons, who had gone to Shechem with their flocks, some 60 miles from Hebron, sent Joseph as his messenger to make inquiry regarding them. Joseph found that they had left Shechem for Dothan, whither he followed them. As soon as they saw him coming they began to plot against him, and would have killed him had not Reuben interposed. They ultimately sold him to a company of Ishmaelite merchants for twenty pieces (shekels) of silver (about $2, 10s.), ten pieces less than the current value of a slave, for "they cared little what they had for him, if so be they were rid of him." These merchants were going down with a varied assortment of merchandise to the Egyptian market, and thither they conveyed him, and ultimately sold him as a slave to Potiphar, an "officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard" (Gen. 37:36). "The Lord blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake," and Potiphar made him overseer over his house. At length a false charge having been brought against him by Potiphar's wife, he was at once cast into the state prison (39; 40), where he remained for at least two years. After a while the "chief of the cupbearers" and the "chief of the bakers" of Pharaoh's household were cast into the same prison (40:2). Each of these new prisoners dreamed a dream in the same night, which Joseph interpreted, the event occurring as he had said.
This led to Joseph's being remembered subsequently by the chief butler when Pharaoh also dreamed. At his suggestion Joseph was brought from prison to interpret the king's dreams. Pharaoh was well pleased with Joseph's wisdom in interpreting his dreams, and with his counsel with reference to the events then predicted; and he set him over all the land of Egypt (Gen. 41:46), and gave him the name of Zaphnath-paaneah. He was married to Asenath, the daughter of the priest of On, and thus became a member of the priestly class. Joseph was now about thirty years of age.
As Joseph had interpreted, seven years of plenty came, during which he stored up great abundance of corn in granaries built for the purpose. These years were followed by seven years of famine "over all the face of the earth," when "all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy corn" (Gen. 41:56, 57; 47:13, 14). Thus "Joseph gathered up all the money that was in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought." Afterwards all the cattle and all the land, and at last the Egyptians themselves, became the property of Pharaoh.
During this period of famine Joseph's brethren also came down to Egypt to buy corn. The history of his dealings with them, and of the manner in which he at length made himself known to them, is one of the most interesting narratives that can be read (Gen. 42-45). Joseph directed his brethren to return and bring Jacob and his family to the land of Egypt, saying, "I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land. Regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land is yours." Accordingly Jacob and his family, to the number of threescore and ten souls, together with "all that they had," went down to Egypt. They were settled in the land of Goshen, where Joseph met his father, and "fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while" (Gen. 46:29).
The excavations of Dr. Naville have shown the land of Goshen to be the Wady Tumilat, between Ismailia and Zagazig. In Goshen (Egyptian Qosem) they had pasture for their flocks, were near the Asiatic frontier of Egypt, and were out of the way of the Egyptian people. An inscription speaks of it as a district given up to the wandering shepherds of Asia.
Jacob at length died, and in fulfilment of a promise which he had exacted, Joseph went up to Canaan to bury his father in "the field of Ephron the Hittite" (Gen. 47:29-31; 50:1-14). This was the last recorded act of Joseph, who again returned to Egypt.
"The Story of the Two Brothers,' an Egyptian romance written for the son of the Pharaoh of the Oppression, contains an episode very similar to the Biblical account of Joseph's treatment by Potiphar's wife. Potiphar and Potipherah are the Egyptian Pa-tu-pa-Ra, the gift of the sun-god.' The name given to Joseph, Zaphnath-paaneah, is probably the Egyptian Zaf-nti-pa-ankh, nourisher of the living one,' i.e., of the Pharaoh. There are many instances in the inscriptions of foreigners in Egypt receiving Egyptian names, and rising to the highest offices of state."
By his wife Asenath, Joseph had two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim (Gen. 41:50). Joseph having obtained a promise from his brethren that when the time should come that God would "bring them unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob," they would carry up his bones out of Egypt, at length died, at the age of one hundred and ten years; and "they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin" (Gen. 50:26). This promise was faithfully observed. Their descendants, long after, when the Exodus came, carried the body about with them during their forty years' wanderings, and at length buried it in Shechem, in the parcel of ground which Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor (Josh. 24:32; comp. Gen. 33:19). With the death of Joseph the patriarchal age of the history of Israel came to a close.
The Pharaoh of Joseph's elevation was probably Apepi, or Apopis, the last of the Hyksos kings. Some, however, think that Joseph came to Egypt in the reign of Thothmes III. (see PHARAOH), long after the expulsion of the Hyksos.
The name Joseph denotes the two tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh in Deut. 33:13-17; the kingdom of Israel in Ezek. 37:16, 19, Amos 5:6; and the whole covenant people of Israel in Ps. 81:4.
(2.) One of the sons of Asaph, head of the first division of sacred musicians (1 Chr. 25:2, 9).
(3.) The son of Judah, and father of Semei (Luke 3:26). Other two of the same name in the ancestry of Christ are also mentioned (3:24, 30).
(4.) The foster-father of our Lord (Matt. 1:16; Luke 3:23). He lived at Nazareth in Galilee (Luke 2:4). He is called a "just man." He was by trade a carpenter (Matt. 13:55). He is last mentioned in connection with the journey to Jerusalem, when Jesus was twelve years old. It is probable that he died before Jesus entered on his public ministry. This is concluded from the fact that Mary only was present at the marriage feast in Cana of Galilee. His name does not appear in connection with the scenes of the crucifixion along with that of Mary (q.v.), John 19:25.
(5.) A native of Arimathea, probably the Ramah of the Old Testament (1 Sam. 1:19), a man of wealth, and a member of the Sanhedrim (Matt. 27:57; Luke 23:50), an "honourable counsellor, who waited for the kingdom of God." As soon as he heard the tidings of Christ's death, he "went in boldly" (lit. "having summoned courage, he went") "unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus." Pilate having ascertained from the centurion that the death had really taken place, granted Joseph's request, who immediately, having purchased fine linen (Mark 15:46), proceeded to Golgotha to take the body down from the cross. There, assisted by Nicodemus, he took down the body and wrapped it in the fine linen, sprinkling it with the myrrh and aloes which Nicodemus had brought (John 19:39), and then conveyed the body to the new tomb hewn by Joseph himself out of a rock in his garden hard by. There they laid it, in the presence of Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of Joses, and other women, and rolled a great stone to the entrance, and departed (Luke 23:53, 55). This was done in haste, "for the Sabbath was drawing on" (comp. Isa. 53:9).
(6.) Surnamed Barsabas (Acts 1:23); also called Justus. He was one of those who "companied with the apostles all the time that the Lord Jesus went out and in among them" (Acts 1:21), and was one of the candidates for the place of Judas.
Smith's Bible Dictionary · William Smith, 1863
(increase).
+ The elder of the two sons of Jacob by Rachel. He was born in Padan-aram (Mesopotamia), probably about B.C. 1746. He is first mentioned when a youth, seventeen years old. Joseph brought the evil report of his brethren to his father, and they hated him because his father loved him more than he did them, and had shown his preference by making a dress which appears to have been a long tunic with sleeves, worn by youths and maidens of the richer class. (Genesis 37:2) He dreamed a dream foreshadowing his future power, which increased the hatred of his brethren. (Genesis 37:5-7) He was sent by his father to visit his brothers, who were tending flocks in the fields of Dothan. They resolved to kill him, but he was saved by Reuben, who persuaded the brothers to cast Joseph into a dry pit, to the intent that he might restore him to Jacob. The appearance of the Ishmaelites suggested his sale for "twenty pieces (shekels) of silver." ver. 28. Sold into Egypt to Potiphar, Joseph prospered and was soon set over Potiphar's house, and "all he had he gave into his hand;" but incurring the anger of Potiphar's wife ch. (Genesis 39:7-13) he was falsely accused and thrown into prison, where he remained at least two years, interpreting during this time the dreams of the cupbearer and the baker. Finally Pharaoh himself dreamed two prophetic dreams. Joseph, being sent for, interpreted them in the name of God, foretelling the seven years of plenty and the seven years of famine. Pharaoh at once appointed Joseph not merely governor of Egypt, but second only to the sovereign, and also gave him to wife Asenath, daughter of Potipherah priest of On (Hieropolis), and gave him a name or title, Zaphnath-paaneah (preserver of life). Joseph's first act was to go throughout all the land of Egypt. During the seven plenteous years there was a very abundant produce, and he gathered the fifth part and laid it up. When the seven good years had passed, the famine began. (Genesis 41:54-57) [Famine] After the famine had lasted for a time, apparently two years, Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they brought, and brought it into Pharaoh's house, (Genesis 47:13,14) and when the money was exhausted, all the cattle, and finally all the land except that of the priests, and apparently, as a consequence, the Egyptians themselves. He demanded, however, only a fifth part of the produce as Pharaoh's right. Now Jacob, who had suffered also from the effects of the famine, sent Joseph's brother to Egypt for corn. The whole story of Joseph's treatment of his brethren is so graphically told in Genesis42-45 and is so familiar, that it is unnecessary here to repeat it. On the death of Jacob in Egypt Joseph carried him to Canaan, and laid him in the cave of Machpelah, the burying-place of his fathers. Joseph lived "a hundred and ten years," having been more than ninety in Egypt. Dying, he took an oath of his brethren that they should carry up his bones to the land of promise: thus showing in his latest action the faith, (Hebrews 11:22) which had guided his whole life. Like his father he was embalmed, "and he was put in a coffin in Egypt." (Genesis 50:26) His trust Moses kept, and laid the bones of Joseph in his inheritance in Shechem, in the territory of Ephraim his offspring. His tomb is, according to tradition, about a stone's throw from Jacob's well. + Father of Igal, who represented the tribe of Issachar among the spies. (Numbers 13:7) + A lay Israelite who had married a foreign wife. (Ezra 10:42) (B.C. 459.) + A representative of the priestly family of Shebaniah. (Nehemiah 12:14) (B.C. after 536.) + One of the ancestors of Christ, (Luke 3:30) So of Jonan. + Another ancestor of Christ, son of Judah. (Luke 3:26) (B.C. between 536-410.) + Another, son of Mattathias. (Luke 3:24) (B.C. after 400.) + Son of Heli, and reputed father of Jesus Christ. All that is told us of Joseph in the New Testament may be summed up in a few words. He was a just man, and of the house and lineage of David. He lived at Nazareth in Galilee. He espoused Mary, the daughter and heir of his uncle Jacob, and before he took her home as his wife received the angelic communication recorded in (Matthew 1:20) When Jesus was twelve years old Joseph and Mary took him with them to keep the passover at Jerusalem, and when they returned to Nazareth he continued to acct as a father to the child Jesus, and was reputed to be so indeed. But here our knowledge of Joseph ends. That he died before our Lord's crucifixion is indeed tolerably certain, by what is related (John 19:27) and perhaps (Mark 6:3) may imply that he was then dead. But where, when or how he died we know not. + Joseph of Arimathaea, a rich and pious Israelite, probably a member of the Great Council or Sanhedrin. He is further characterized as "a good man and a just." (Luke 23:50) We are expressly told that he did not "consent to the counsel and deed" of his colleagues in conspiring to bring about the death of Jesus; but he seems to have lacked the courage to protest against their judgment. On the very evening of the crucifixion, when the triumph of the chief priests and rulers seemed complete, Joseph "went in boldly unto Pilate and craved the body of Jesus." Pilate consented. Joseph and Nicodemus then, having enfolded the sacred body in the linen shroud which Joseph had bought, consigned it to a tomb hewn in a rock, in a garden belonging to Joseph, and close to the place of crucifixion. There is a tradition that he was one of the seventy disciples. + Joseph, called Barsabas, and surnamed Justus; one of the two person chosen by the assembled church, (Acts 1:23) as worthy to fill the place in the apostolic company from which Judas had fallen.
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · Roswell D. Hitchcock, 1869
increase; addition
Classic public-domain reference works; full attribution on Sources.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 191 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 193 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 30:24
- Exodus 1:5
- Numbers 1:10
- Deuteronomy 27:12
- Joshua 14:4
- Judges 1:22
- 2 Samuel 19:20
- 1 Kings 11:28
- 1 Chronicles 2:2
- Ezra 10:42
- Psalms 77:15
- Ezekiel 37:16
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
