Lexical Definition

‎יוֹסֵף‎ Yôwçêph (yo-safe') Joseph ^N:N-M-P
future of ‎יָסַף‎; let him add (or perhaps simply active participle adding)

Joseph. Compare ‎יְהוֹסֵף‎.

• § Joseph = "Jehovah has added"
• Joseph, the name of seven Israelites

1) the eldest son of Jacob by Rachel
2) father of Igal, who represented the tribe of Issachar among the spies
3) a son of Asaph
4) a man who took a foreign wife in the time of Ezra
5) a priest of the family of Shebaniah in the time of Nehemiah

See Greek: Ἰωσήφ

Extended Information

• A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.12.14

Profile

Male • Returned priest • Head of the priestly family of Shebaniah

Man living at the time of Exile and Return

Joseph was the head of the priestly family of Shebaniah during the high priesthood of Joiakim.

• A priest living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.12.14;
• only referred to as Joseph יוֹסֵף.

Joseph is mentioned in Nehemiah 12:14 as the head of the priestly family of Shebaniah during the days of Joiakim, the high priest. This was during the post-exilic period in Jerusalem, likely in the 5th century BC. The priests were organized into divisions or families, each with a designated leader. Nehemiah 12 lists the heads of priestly families in the generation following the return from Babylonian exile under Jeshua (Nehemiah 12:1-7) and then during the time of Joiakim (Nehemiah 12:12-21).

All entries for Joseph: יוֹסֵף