Iōsēs — G2500

Definition

masculine proper noun

Joses, the name of two Israelites

1. one of the ancestors of Christ
2. Joses, the brother of Jesus
3. Joses, the son of Mary, the sister of the mother of Jesus
4. Joses, a Levite

Usually translated as

Joses

Origin

perhaps for G2501

• Iōsḗph (G2501)
• Iōsḗ (G2499)

Occurrences

Iōsēs occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (2), Mark (3), Acts (1)

• Matthew 13:55 — Is not this the carpenter’s son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses (Ιωσης), and Simon, and Judas?
• Matthew 27:56 — Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses (Ιωση), and the mother of Zebedee’s children.
• Mark 6:3 — Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses (Ιωση), and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.
• Mark 15:40 — There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses (Ιωση), and Salome;
• Mark 15:47 — And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses (Ιωση) beheld where he was laid.
• Acts 4:36 — And Joses (Ιωσης), who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus,