What does Ἰωσήφ · Ἀριμαθαία mean in the Bible?
Ἰωσήφ · Ἀριμαθαία is a Greek phrase meaning "Joseph from Arimathea".
Greek · G2501, G707
Ἰωσὴφ ὁ ἀπὸ Ἀριμαθαίας
Joseph, the name of seven Israelites · Arimathæa (or Ramah), a place in Palestine
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Ἰωσήφ G2501 Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
Pronunciation Iōsḗph
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Ἀριμαθαία G707 Arimathæa (or Ramah), a place in Palestine
Pronunciation Arimathaía
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What does Ἰωσὴφ ὁ ἀπὸ Ἀριμαθαίας (Iōsēph ho apo Arimathaias) mean in the Bible?
Ἰωσήφ · Ἀριμαθαία is a Greek phrase meaning "Joseph from Arimathea".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2501, G707?
G2501, G707 is connected to 35 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. Joseph from Arimathea
Source Gloss
Joseph from Arimathea
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 5 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 5 Aligned forms 35 Case pattern Nominative (14) Number pattern Singular (35)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 1:19 · Matt 1:24 · Matt 13:55 · Matt 27:57 · Matt 27:59 · Mark 15:43 · Luke 1:27 · Luke 2:4 · Luke 23:50 · John 19:38 · Acts 4:36 · Acts 7:13 · Acts 7:14 · Heb 11:22 14×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Matt 27:56 · Luke 3:23 · Luke 3:24 · Luke 3:30 · Luke 4:22 · John 1:45 · John 6:42 · Acts 7:13 · Heb 11:21 · Rev 7:8 10×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 1:18 · Matt 2:13 · Matt 2:19 · Mark 15:45 · John 4:5 5×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 1:16 · Luke 2:16 · Acts 1:23 · Acts 7:9 · Acts 7:18 5×
Vocative · Singular · Masculine Matt 1:20 1×
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain