jo'-zef (yoceph; Ioseph):

 1. In the Old Testament:

 (1) The 11th son of Jacob and 1st of Rachel (see separate article).

 (2) The father of Igal of Issachar, one of the 12 spies (Nu 13:7).

 (3) A son of Asaph (1Ch 25:2,9).

 (4) A man of the sons of Bani, who had married a foreign wife (Ezr 10:42).

 (5) A priest of the family of Shebaniah in the days of Joiakim (Ne 12:14).

 2. In the Apocrypha:

 (1) Son of Zacharias, defeated by Gorgias circa 164 BC (1 Macc 5:18,56,60).

 (2) Called a brother of Judas Maccabeus in 2 Macc 8:22, probably by mistake for John.

 (3) Great-grandfather of Judith (Judith 8:1).

 3. In the New Testament:

 (1) The husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus (see special article).

 (2, 3) The name of 3 ancestors of Jesus according to the King James Version (Lu 3:24,26,30); the name of two according to the Revised Version (British and American), which reads "Josech" in Lu 3:26.

 (4) A Jew of Arimathea in whose sepulcher Jesus was buried (Mt 27:57, etc.; see article).

 (5) One of the brethren of Jesus, according to the Revised Version (British and American) (Mt 13:55, the King James Version "Joses"). the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) both have "Joses" in Mt 27:56; Mr 6:3; 15:40,47.

 (6) Joseph Barsabbas (Ac 1:23; see article).

 (7) Joseph, surnamed Barnabas (Ac 4:36, the King James Version "Joses"; see BARNABAS).

  S. F. Hunter