Ἰωσίας

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἰωσείας (Iōseías)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew יֹאשִׁיָּה (yōšiyyā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.oˈsi.as/ → /i.oˈsi.as/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.oˈsi.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.oˈsi.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.oˈsi.as/

Proper noun

Ἰωσίᾱς • (Iōsíās) m (genitive Ἰωσίου); first declension

1. Josiah, king of Judah.
   • 93 CE – 94 CE, Josephus, Antiquities of the Jews 10.67

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ἰωσίᾱς; τοῦ Ἰωσίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἰωσίᾱς ho Iōsíās
Genitive	τοῦ Ἰωσίου toû Iōsíou
Dative	τῷ Ἰωσίᾳ tôi Iōsíāi
Accusative	τὸν Ἰωσίᾱν tòn Iōsíān
Vocative	Ἰωσίᾱ Iōsíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Ιωσίας (Iosías)
• Latin: Iosias

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
• G2502 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible