Ἰωσήφ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew יוסף (Yōsēph).

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. Joseph

Descendants

• Arabic: يوسف (Yūsuf)
• Old Armenian: Յովսէփ (Yovsēpʻ)
  • Armenian: Հովսեփ (Hovsepʻ)
• Dutch: Jozef
• English: Joseph
• French: Joseph, José
• Galician: Xosé
• German: Josef
• Gothic: 𐌹𐍉𐍃𐌴𐍆 (iōsēf)

• Greek: Ιοσήφ (Iosíf)
• Irish: Seosamh
• Italian: Giuseppe
• Latin: Ioseph, Joseph
• Polish: Józef
• Portuguese: José
• Russian: Иосиф (Iosif)
• Spanish: José

References

• 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