Joseph ~ ዮሴፍ: The name “Joseph” means increase; addition / HBN, (ዘፍ 30:23፣ 24)

The name ‘Joseph’ is derived from ‘Yasef’ (ያሰፍ) ፥ the root word is ‘A’sefa’ (አ’ሰፋ) ፥ the meaning is ‘enlarge, increase, expand…’ / Ibid.

See also:- Jose / ዮሴዕ ፣ Jose / ዮሴፍ

The elder of the two sons of Jacob by Rachel, “And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son;” (Gen 30:23)

Other people with the same name are: Father of Igal, who represented the tribe of Issachar among the spies (Num 13:7); A lay Israelite who had married a foreign wife (Ezr 10:42); A representative of the priestly family of Shebaniah (Neh 12:14); One of the ancestors of Christ, (Luk 3:30) so of Jonan; Another ancestor of Christ, son of Judah (Luk 3:26); Another, son of Mattathias; (Luk 3:24); Joseph of Arimathaea, He is further characterized as "a good man and a just." (Luk 23:50); One of the two person chosen by the assembled church (Act 1:23)
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ዮሴፍ ~Joses, Joseph: ያስፋ፣ ዘርን ያብዛ፣ ወገንን ያበርክት፣ ይስፋፋ ማለት ነው።

‘ሰፋ’ ከሚለው ግስ የመጣ ስም ነው።

[ትርጉሙ “ይጨምር” ማለት ነው / መቅቃ]

I.                        ዮሴፍ /Joses: ባርናባስ በመባል የሚታወቀው፥ “ትውልዱም የቆጵሮስ ሰው የነበረ አንድ ሌዋዊ ዮሴፍ የሚሉት ነበረ ...” (ሥራ 4:36)

II.                        ዮሴፍ /Joseph:

1.                  የያቆብ ልጅ፥ “ስሙንም። እግዚአብሔር ሁለተኛ ወንድ ልጅን ይጨምርልኝ ስትል ዮሴፍ ብላ ጠራችው፥” (ዘፍ 30:23፣ 24)

2.                  ምድሪቱን ይሰልሉ ዘንድ ሙሴ ከላካቸው የይግአል ልጅ፥ (ዘኁ13:7)

3.                  እንግዶቹን ሚስቶች አግብተው ከነበር፥ (ዕብ 10: 41፣42)

4.                  በነህምያ  ዘመን ከግዞት ከተመለሱ፥ (ነህ 12:14፣15)

5.                  በጌታ የዘር ሐረግ የተጠቀሰ፥ (ሉቃ 3:30)

6.                  ሌላ በጌታ የዘር ሐረግ የተጠቀሰ፥ የዮዳ ልጅ፥ (ሉቃ 3:26)

7.                  ሌላ በጌታ የዘር ሐረግ የተጠቀሰ፥ የማታትዩ ልጅ፥ (ሉቃ 3:25)

8.                  የማርያም እጮኛ የኤሊ ልጅ፥ (ሉቃ 23:50)

9.                  በርስያን የተባለው፥ (ሥራ 1:23)