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) 
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