Iōsēph · Joseph

What it means

Iōsēph (Ἰωσήφ) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “Joseph”.

The name of several men in the Bible: the son of Jacob, Mary's husband (a descendant of David), Joseph of Arimathea, and others.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×11
• Mark×2
• Luke×8
• John×4
• Acts×7
• Hebrews×2
• Revelation×1

• Matthew 1:16

  And Jacob fathered Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, the one called Messiah.

• Matthew 1:18

  Now the origin of Jesus the Messiah was like this: when his mother Mary had been engaged to Joseph, before they came together she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit.

• Matthew 1:19

  And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to expose her publicly, decided to send her away secretly.

• Matthew 1:20

  And as he was considering these things, look, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take to yourself Mary as your wife, for what has been conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit.

• Matthew 1:24

  And Joseph, rising from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him, and took to himself his wife;

• Matthew 2:13

  And when they had withdrawn, look, an angel of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph, saying, “Get up, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child to destroy him.”

• Matthew 2:19

  And when Herod had died, look, an angel of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph in Egypt,

• Matthew 13:55

  Is this not the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother called Mary, and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?

• Matthew 27:56

  among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.

• Matthew 27:57

  When evening came, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself also had become a disciple of Jesus.

• Matthew 27:59

  And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth

• Mark 15:43

  Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself waiting for the kingdom of God, came and took courage and went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

• Mark 15:45

  And learning it from the centurion, he granted the corpse to Joseph.

• Luke 1:27

  to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary.

• Luke 2:4

  And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David,

• Luke 2:16

  And they went in haste and found both Mary and Joseph, and the baby lying in the manger.

• Luke 3:23

  And Jesus himself was about thirty years old when he began, being the son, as was supposed, of Joseph, son of Heli,

• Luke 3:24

  son of Matthat, son of Levi, son of Melchi, son of Jannai, son of Joseph,

• Luke 3:30

  son of Simeon, son of Judah, son of Joseph, son of Jonam, son of Eliakim,

• Luke 4:22

  And all were testifying about him and marveling at the words of grace that were coming out of his mouth, and they were saying, “Is this not Joseph’s son?”

• Luke 23:50

  And look, there was a man named Joseph, who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man

• John 1:45

  Philip finds Nathanael and says to him, “We have found the one of whom Moses in the Law and the prophets wrote: Jesus son of Joseph, the one from Nazareth.”

• John 4:5

  So he comes to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.

• John 6:42

  And they were saying, “Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”

• John 19:38

  After these things Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus, but a secret one for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave permission. So he came and took away his body.

• Acts 1:23

  And they put forward two, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was also called Justus, and Matthias.

• Acts 4:36

  And Joseph, who was called Barnabas by the apostles (which is, translated, Son of Comfort), a Levite, a Cypriot by birth,

• Acts 7:9

  And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; and God was with him

• Acts 7:13

  And on the second visit Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family became known to Pharaoh.

• Acts 7:14

  And Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his relatives, seventy-five persons.

• Acts 7:18

  until another king arose over Egypt who did not know Joseph.

• Hebrews 11:21

  By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped leaning on the top of his staff.

• Hebrews 11:22

  By faith Joseph, when he was nearing his end, spoke about the exodus of the sons of Israel and gave instructions about his bones.

• Revelation 7:8

  from the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand, from the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand, from the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand were sealed.

And 1 more times.