Strong's Hebrew · H3130

H3130 Yôwçêph

יוֹסֵף

yo-safe'

Joseph

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Yôwçêph appears 213 times in Scripture, including Genesis 30:24 and Exodus 1:5. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

Joseph, the name of seven Israelites

In the King James Version

Joseph. Compare H3084 (יְהוֹסֵף).

Derivation

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

Appears 213 times in Scripture

Genesis 43:24

“And the steward took the men into Joseph’s house, gave them water to wash their feet, and provided food for their donkeys.”

Genesis 37:2

“This is the account of Jacob. When Joseph was seventeen years old, he was tending the flock with his brothers, the sons of his father’s wives Bilhah and Zilpah, and he brought their father a bad report about them.”

Exodus 1:5

“The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy in all, including Joseph, who was already in Egypt.”

Genesis 35:24

“The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin.”

Genesis 33:2

“He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.”

Genesis 30:25

“Now after Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, “Send me on my way so I can return to my homeland.”

Exodus 1:6

“Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died,”

Genesis 30:24

“She named him Joseph, and said, “May the LORD add to me another son.””

Genesis 33:7

“Leah and her children also approached and bowed down, and then Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed down.”

Genesis 47:7

“Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh, and Jacob blessed Pharaoh.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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