יוֹסֵף
Yôwçêph · yo-safe'
Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: future of H3254 (יָסַף); let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding);
Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Joseph. Compare H3084 (יְהוֹסֵף).
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to fasten and establish › to support and uphold › to speak, the word
The hand that works that works to fasten and establish that works to support and uphold that works to speak, the word.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יוֹסֵף above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
213 occurrences · 213 OT · 0 NT · 36 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and joseph59 · 30%
- of joseph45 · 23%
- joseph31 · 16%
- unto joseph19 · 10%
- joseph's5 · 3%
- to joseph4 · 2%
- then joseph4 · 2%
- and joseph's3 · 2%
- and when joseph3 · 2%
- into joseph's3 · 2%
- was with joseph2 · 1%
- to joseph's2 · 1%
- as joseph2 · 1%
- and unto joseph2 · 1%
- i am joseph2 · 1%
- and it came to pass, when joseph1 · 1%
- and, behold, joseph1 · 1%
- him; joseph1 · 1%
- for joseph's1 · 1%
- all that he had in joseph's1 · 1%
- upon joseph1 · 1%
- where joseph1 · 1%
- of it. and joseph1 · 1%
- it upon joseph's1 · 1%
- according as joseph1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.