STRONGS G2500:
													
												
									    		Ἰωσῆς, genitive 
Ἰωσῆ [R G in 
Luke 3:29 Ἰωσή (which 
A. V. incorrectly takes as nominative 
Jose)] and 
(L T Tr WH in 
Mark 6:3; 
15:40, 
47) 
Ἰωσῆτος (cf. 
Bttm. Ausf. Spr. i. p. 199; Buttmann 19f (17f); Winers Grammar § 10, 1; [
WH. App. p. 159
a]), 
ὁ, 
Joses;
1. one of the ancestors of Christ: 
Luke 3:29 ([see above]; 
L T Tr WH Ἰησοῦ, which see 2).
2. the own brother of Jesus: 
Mark 6:3, and R G in 
Matthew 13:55 (where 
L T Tr WH Ἰωσήφ which see 6); see 
Ἰάκωβος, 3.
3. the son of Mary, the sister of the mother of Jesus [see 
Μαριάμ, 3]: 
Matthew 27:56 (where T Tr mrg. WH txt. 
Ἰωσήφ [
Ἰωσῆς and 
Ἰωσήφ seem to have been different forms of one and the same name; cf. 
Renan in the Journ. Asiat., 1864, ser. vi. T iv. p. 536; 
Frankel, Hodeget in Misch. p. 31 note; 
Böhl, Volksbibel u. s. w. p. 15]); 
Mark 15:40, 
47.
4. a Levite, surnamed 
Βαρνάβας (which see): 
Acts 4:36 (where 
L T Tr WH Ἰωσήφ). 
    
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