Ἰωσήφ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew יוסף‎ (Yōsēph).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.ɔː.sɛ̌ːpʰ/ → /i.oˈsiɸ/ → /i.oˈsif/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /i.ɔː.sɛ̌ːpʰ/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.oˈsepʰ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.oˈsiɸ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.oˈsif/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.oˈsif/

Proper noun

Ἰωσήφ • (Iōsḗph) m (indeclinable)

1. Joseph

Descendants

• Greek: Ιοσήφ (Iosíf)
• → Old Armenian: Յովսէփ (Yovsēpʿ)
  • Armenian: Հովսեփ (Hovsepʿ)
• → Gothic: 𐌹𐍉𐍃𐌴𐍆 (iōsēf)
• → Latin: Iōsēphus
• → Old Church Slavonic: Іѡсифъ (Iosifŭ)
  • → Belarusian: Іо́сіф (Iósif)
  • → Bulgarian: Йо́сиф (Jósif)
  • → Romanian: Iosif
  • → Russian: Ио́сиф (Iósif), О́сип (Ósip)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: Јосиф
  • → Serbo-Croatian: Josip
  • → Slovene: Josip
  • → Ukrainian: Йо́сип (Jósyp)

References

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G2501 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible