Ἰωσήφ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew יוֹסֵף (Yōsēp̄). Doublet of Ἰώσηπος (Iṓsēpos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.ɔː.sɛ̌ːpʰ/ → /i.oˈsiɸ/ → /i.oˈsif/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.ɔː.sɛ̌ːpʰ/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.oˈse̝pʰ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.oˈsiɸ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.oˈsif/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.oˈsif/

Proper noun

Ἰωσήφ • (Iōsḗph) m (indeclinable)

1. (biblical) Joseph (eleventh and favorite son of Jacob, by his wife Rachel)
2. (Christianity) Joseph (the husband of Mary, mother of Jesus)
3. (Christianity) Joseph (Joseph of Arimathea; man who donated his own prepared tomb for the burial of Jesus)

Descendants

• Greek: Ιοσήφ (Iosíf), Ιωσήφ (Iosíf)
• → Old Armenian: Յովսէփ (Yovsēpʻ)
  • Armenian: Հովսեփ (Hovsepʻ)
• → Gothic: 𐌹𐍉𐍃𐌴𐍆 (iōsēf)
• → Latin: Iōsēphus (see there for further descendants)
• → Old Church Slavonic: Іѡсифъ (Iosifŭ)
  • → Belarusian: Іо́сіф (Iósif)
  • → Bulgarian: Йо́сиф (Jósif)
  • → Romanian: Iosif
  • → Russian: Ио́сиф (Iósif), О́сип (Ósip)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: Josip, Josif
  • → Slovene: Josip
  • → Ukrainian: Йо́сип (Jósyp)

Further reading

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001), A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G2501 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible