Yôwçêph — H3130

H3130 · Hebrew — יוסף

Pronunciation: yo-safe'

Definition

masculine proper noun

Joseph, the name of seven Israelites

  1. Joseph = "Jehovah has added"
  2. the eldest son of Jacob by Rachel
  3. father of Igal, who represented the tribe of Issachar among the spies
  4. a son of Asaph
  5. a man who took a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
  6. a priest of the family of Shebaniah in the time of Nehemiah

Usually translated as

Joseph

Origin

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

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Yôwçêph occurs 213 times in 193 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (137), Exodus (4), Numbers (12), Deuteronomy (3), Joshua (11), Judges (3), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (6), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (1), Psalms (4), Ezekiel (4), Amos (3), Obadiah (1), Zechariah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — Y