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Lexicon :: Strong's H3130 - yôsēp̄

Aa
יוֹסֵף
Transliteration
yôsēp̄
Pronunciation
yo-safe'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Future of יָסַף (H3254)
Strong’s Definitions

יוֹסֵף Yôwçêph, yo-safe'; future of H3254; let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding); Joseph, the name of seven Israelites:—Joseph. Compare H3084.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 213x

The KJV translates Strong's H3130 in the following manner: Joseph (213x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 213x
The KJV translates Strong's H3130 in the following manner: Joseph (213x).

  1. Joseph = "Jehovah has added"

    1. the eldest son of Jacob by Rachel

    2. father of Igal, who represented the tribe of Issachar among the spies

    3. a son of Asaph

    4. a man who took a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

    5. a priest of the family of Shebaniah in the time of Nehemiah

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יוֹסֵף Yôwçêph, yo-safe'; future of H3254; let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding); Joseph, the name of seven Israelites:—Joseph. Compare H3084.
STRONGS H3130: Abbreviations
יוֺסֵף 212 and יְהוֺסֵף (†Psalm 81:6 [Psalm 81:5] see Ges§ 53. 3, R. 7), proper name, masculine (he adds, increases, see יוספיה below; — on proper name, of a location in Palestine Yšap’ara (Egyptian form, = אליוסף) see MeyZAW vi, 8 WMMAisen u. Europa 162) —
1. elder son of Jacob and Rachel;
a. as an individual Genesis 30:24 (name explained Genesis 30:23 (E) from אָסַף = take away, but Genesis 30:24 (J) from יָסַף add) + 155 times. Genesis, chiefly in narrative of J E, also poem Genesis 49:22, Genesis 49:26 and, dependent on this, 1 Chronicles 5:1, 1 Chronicles 5:2; P only Genesis 35:24; Genesis 37:2a; Genesis 41:46 (twice in verse); Genesis 46:19, Genesis 46:20, Genesis 46:27; Genesis 47:5, Genesis 47:7, Genesis 47:11; Genesis 48:3; also Exodus 1:5; Exodus 1:6) (P), Exodus 1:8; Exodus 13:19; Joshua 24:32 (all E), 1 Chronicles 2:2; Psalm 105:17.
†b. as founder of a tribal division מַטֵּה יו׳ ( = Manasseh) Numbers 13:11; usually בְּנֵייֿו׳ Numbers 1:32 (= Ephraim), commonly = Ephraim and Manasseh Numbers 1:10; Numbers 26:28, Numbers 26:37; Numbers 34:23; Joshua 14:4; Joshua 16:1, Joshua 16:4; Joshua 17:14, Joshua 17:16; Joshua 18:11, compare Joshua 24:32; 1 Chronicles 7:29, but also of east Jordan Israel (where half Manaeseh settled) Numbers 36:1 = מַטֵּה בני יו׳, Numbers 36:5; compare חֲצִי שֵׁבֶט מנשׂה בֶּןיֿוֺסֵף Numbers 32:33 — Numbers 36:12, and Joshua 17:1, Joshua 17:2; בֵּית יו׳ (Manasseh and Ephraim) Joshua 17:17 (so originally Joshua 17:14 according to Di), Joshua 18:5; Judges 1:22, Judges 1:23, Judges 1:35 occupying the great central region of Palestine; 2 Samuel 19:21 [2 Samuel 19:20]; 1 Kings 11:28; ultimately =
c. the northern kingdom Amos 5:6; Zechariah 10:6 (|| בֵּית יְהוּדָה); so יוֺסֵף alone Amos 5:15; Amos 6:6; Deuteronomy 27:12; Deuteronomy 33:13, Deuteronomy 33:16; Obadiah 18 (|| יעקב בית), Ezekiel 37:16, Ezekiel 37:19 ; Ezekiel 47:13; Ezekiel 48:32; בְּנֵי יַעֲקֹב ויוסף Psalm 77:16 [Psalm 77:15]; אֹהֶל יוֺסֵף Psalm 78:67 (|| שֵׁבֶט אֶפְרַיִם).
d. = entire nation Psalm 80:2 [Psalm 80:1] (|| ישׂראל); so יְהוֺסֵף Psalm 81:6 [Psalm 81:5] (|| id.)
† 2. a man of Issachar Numbers 13:7.
† 3. a son of Asaph 1 Chronicles 25:2, 1 Chronicles 25:9
† 4. one of those who took strange wives Ezra 10:42.
† 5. a priest Nehemiah 12:14.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

30:23; 30:24; 30:24; 35:24; 37:2; 41:46; 46:19; 46:20; 46:27; 47:5; 47:7; 47:11; 48:3; 49:22; 49:26

Exodus

1:5; 1:6; 1:8; 13:19

Numbers

1:10; 1:32; 13:7; 13:11; 26:28; 26:37; 32:33; 34:23; 36:1; 36:5; 36:12

Deuteronomy

27:12; 33:13; 33:16

Joshua

14:4; 16:1; 16:4; 17:1; 17:2; 17:14; 17:14; 17:16; 17:17; 18:5; 18:11; 24:32; 24:32

Judges

1:22; 1:23; 1:25

2 Samuel

19:20

1 Kings

11:28

1 Chronicles

2:2; 5:1; 5:2; 7:29; 25:2; 25:9

Ezra

10:42

Nehemiah

12:14

Psalms

77:15; 78:67; 80:1; 81:5; 81:5; 105:17

Ezekiel

37:16; 37:19; 47:13; 48:32

Amos

5:6; 5:15; 6:6

Obadiah

1:18

Zechariah

10:6

H3130

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Strong's Number H3130 matches the Hebrew יוֹסֵף (yôsēp̄),
which occurs 213 times in 193 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 4 (Gen 41:55–Gen 47:12)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:55 - So when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. Then Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph; whatever he says to you, do.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:56

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:56 - The famine was over all the face of the earth, and Joseph opened all the storehouses[fn] and sold to the Egyptians. And the famine became severe in the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:57

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:57 - So all countries came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe in all lands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:3 - So Joseph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:4 - But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “Lest some calamity befall him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:6 - Now Joseph was governor over the land; and it was he who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:7 - Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he acted as a stranger to them and spoke roughly to them. Then he said to them, “Where do you come from?” And they said, “From the land of Canaan to buy food.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:8 - So Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:9 - Then Joseph remembered the dreams which he had dreamed about them, and said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:14 - But Joseph said to them, “It is as I spoke to you, saying, ‘You are spies!’

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:18 - Then Joseph said to them the third day, “Do this and live, for I fear God:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:23 - But they did not know that Joseph understood them, for he spoke to them through an interpreter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:25 - Then Joseph gave a command to fill their sacks with grain, to restore every man’s money to his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. Thus he did for them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:36 - And Jacob their father said to them, “You have bereaved me: Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take Benjamin. All these things are against me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:15 - So the men took that present and Benjamin, and they took double money in their hand, and arose and went down to Egypt; and they stood before Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:16 - When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, “Take these men to my home, and slaughter an animal and make ready; for these men will dine with me at noon.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:17 - Then the man did as Joseph ordered, and the man brought the men into Joseph’s house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:18 - Now the men were afraid because they were brought into Joseph’s house; and they said, “It is because of the money, which was returned in our sacks the first time, that we are brought in, so that he may make a case against us and seize us, to take us as slaves with our donkeys.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:19 - When they drew near to the steward of Joseph’s house, they talked with him at the door of the house,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:24 - So the man brought the men into Joseph’s house and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their donkeys feed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:25 - Then they made the present ready for Joseph’s coming at noon, for they heard that they would eat bread there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:26 - And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed down before him to the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:30 - Now his heart yearned for his brother; so Joseph made haste and sought somewhere to weep. And he went into his chamber and wept there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:2 - “Also put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, and his grain money.” So he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:4 - When they had gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, “Get up, follow the men; and when you overtake them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid evil for good?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:14 - So Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, and he was still there; and they fell before him on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:15 - And Joseph said to them, “What deed is this you have done? Did you not know that such a man as I can certainly practice divination?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:1 - Then Joseph could not restrain himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried out, “Make everyone go out from me!” So no one stood with him while Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:3 - Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph; does my father still live?” But his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed in his presence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:4 - And Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near to me.” So they came near. Then he said: “I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:9 - “Hurry and go up to my father, and say to him, ‘Thus says your son Joseph: “God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not tarry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:16 - Now the report of it was heard in Pharaoh’s house, saying, “Joseph’s brothers have come.” So it pleased Pharaoh and his servants well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:17 - And Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Say to your brothers, ‘Do this: Load your animals and depart; go to the land of Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:21 - Then the sons of Israel did so; and Joseph gave them carts, according to the command of Pharaoh, and he gave them provisions for the journey.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:26 - And they told him, saying, “Joseph is still alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt.” And Jacob’s heart stood still, because he did not believe them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:27 - But when they told him all the words which Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the carts which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:28 - Then Israel said, “It is enough. Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:4 - “I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up again; and Joseph will put his hand on your eyes.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:19 - The sons of Rachel, Jacob’s wife, were Joseph and Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:20 - And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-Pherah priest of On, bore to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:27 - And the sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt were two persons. All the persons of the house of Jacob who went to Egypt were seventy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:28 - Then he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to point out before him the way to Goshen. And they came to the land of Goshen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:29 - So Joseph made ready his chariot and went up to Goshen to meet his father Israel; and he presented himself to him, and fell on his neck and wept on his neck a good while.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:30 - And Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face, because you are still alive.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:31 - Then Joseph said to his brothers and to his father’s household, “I will go up and tell Pharaoh, and say to him, ‘My brothers and those of my father’s house, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:1 - Then Joseph went and told Pharaoh, and said, “My father and my brothers, their flocks and their herds and all that they possess, have come from the land of Canaan; and indeed they are in the land of Goshen.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:5 - Then Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, “Your father and your brothers have come to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:7 - Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and set him before Pharaoh; and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:11 - And Joseph situated 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:12 - Then Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household with bread, according to the number in their families.

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