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HebrewH3130Proper Noun (Masculine)

יוֹסֵף

yo.seph

190Occurrences
H3130Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Joseph, the name of seven Israelites

future of H3254 (יָסַף); let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at ; son of: Israel (H3478) and Rachel (H7354); brother of: Benjamin (H1144); half-brother of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H0836), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074) and Dinah (H1783); married to Asenath (H0621); father of: Manasseh (H4519) and Ephraim (H0669); also called Zaphenath-paneah at ; § 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 ) a man who took a foreign wife in the time of ) a priest of the family of Shebaniah in the time of Nehemiah

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

יוֹסֵף appears 190 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
137
Numbers
12
Joshua
11
1 Chronicles
6
Exodus
4
Ezk
4
Amos
3
Deuteronomy
3

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 2:2BSB

Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

Genesis 39:2BSB

And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.

Genesis 42:4BSB

But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm might befall him.”

Genesis 46:29BSB

Joseph prepared his chariot and went there to meet his father Israel. Joseph presented himself to him, embraced him, and wept profusely.

Genesis 50:17BSB

‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong.’ So now, Joseph, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.”When their message came to him, Joseph wept.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.