{"def":{"lit":"let Him (God) add, increaser","short":"Joseph, the name of seven Israelites","long":["the patriarch, the eleventh son of Jacob","the son of Jonan or Jonam, one of the ancestors of Christ (see Luke 3:30)","the son of Judah (also spelled Judas or Joda) another ancestor of Jesus (see Luke 3:26)","the son of Mattathias, another ancestor of Christ (see Luke 3:24)","the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus","a half-brother of Jesus (see Matthew 13:55)","Joseph of Arimathaea, a member of the Sanhedrin, who believed in Jesus (see Matthew 27:57, 59; Mark 15:43, 45)","Joseph surnamed Barnabas (see Acts 4:36)","Joseph call Barsabas and surnamed Justus (see Acts 1:23)"]},"deriv":"of Hebrew origin (H3130)","pronun":{"ipa":"i.oˈsef","ipa_mod":"i.owˈse̞f","sbl":"iōsēph","dic":"ee-oh-SAFE","dic_mod":"ee-oh-SAFE"},"see":["H3130"]}