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A key-word search index to the contents of this site, entries that begin with the letter J, section Joseph to Jutes. (The other sections under J are Jachin to Jesse, Jesus to Joel and John to Jordan.)

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Joseph (Hebrew, Yowceph), the son of Jacob

• Joseph the son of the patriarch Jacob
  • Joseph was the eleventh son of Jacob (born by Rachel, her first child, see Genesis 30:22-24). His descendants came to form the tribe of Joseph, one of Israel's twelve tribes – or really, the tribes of Manasseh and Ephraim, so named after Joseph's two sons whom Joseph's father Jacob adopted as his own (see Genesis 48:5).
  • Joseph's birthright, what it really was and consisted of. → ey04c.htm
  • On Joseph's sons Ephraim and Manasseh. → ey04c.htm
  • Where are Joseph's descendants, the tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh, in our day? → ey01b.htm – ey11b.htm – ey16b.htm
  • Look also under the heading "Tribes of Israel".
• Joseph the husband of Mary
  • Were Joseph and Jesus really carpenters, as some claim? – Look under the heading "Jesus".
• Joseph of Arimathea – a disciple of Jesus who, together with Nicodemus, took care of Jesus' body and buried it. (Matthew 27:57-60, Mark 15:43-46, Luke 23:50-53, John 19:38-42.)
• Acts 1:23 mentions a disciple called Joseph.
• For those who are interested: A free, printable word-search puzzle on Joseph the son of Jacob. → puzzle04-p.pdf – A large print version and many more bible-based puzzles. → ep01.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Josephus (in Greek texts called Iôsêpos), son of Matthias, the "historian"

• Josephus was a renegade Jewish general who went over to the Roman side, during the First Jewish-Roman war (66-73). He was consequently granted Roman citizenship, and changed his name to Titus Flavius Josephus. [A] As a Roman, he wrote a number of historical works which can be interesting, but are not very reliable.
  • [A] His real name might have been something like Yoseph ben Matityahu.
• It is said that when Josephus lived as a Jew (before he became a Roman), he had been a Pharisee. The essay eo12c.htm has more on the Pharisees.
• Are Josephus' writings reliable? The essay eo12c.htm compares something that Josephus wrote, with what Jesus and the Bible say, and shows that Josephus was not very reliable.
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Joses

• Matthew 13:55 and Mark 6:3 record that one of Jesus' (half-)brothers was called Joses (in the Greek text Iôsês).
• Acts 4:36 mentions Joses (Greek Iôsês) who was surnamed Barnabas – a Jew of the tribe of Levi, from Cyprus. But, it is not fully clear whether he was the same Barnabas who often accompanied the apostle Paul in his travels. – Look also under the heading "Barnabas".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Joshua the son of Nun

• Originally, his name was Hosea (Howshea; see Numbers 13:8 and 16 and Deuteronomy 32:44), but Moses changed the name to Yehowshuwa (see Numbers 13:8).
• In the LXX (the Septuagint, an ancient Greek translation of the OT) Joshua's Hebrew name Yehowshuwa was transliterated into Greek as Iêsous (Exodus to Zechariah, some 228 times); the same in the NT Greek (Acts 7:45, Hebrews 4:8). (As noted above, in Numbers 13:8 and 16 and Deuteronomy 32:44 the name was Howshea. (In the case of Numbers 13:8 and 16, that was in the LXX transliterated as Ausê.)
• The Jews sort the book of Joshua under the section Neviim, "the Prophets", and further under the sub-section "the Former prophets". → (ec01c.htm)
• Joshua was one of the twelve men who were sent to spy out the Promised Land – see Number 13:1-20, et cetera.
• Numbers 14:28-38 tells us that of the grown-up Israelites who left Egypt, only two persons were allowed to enter the Promised Land – Joshua and Caleb.
• The meaning of the words "for if Joshua had given them rest", Hebrews 4:8. → eb05b.htm – ex03c.htm – ex10d.htm – ea12c.htm – eo06f.htm – et09b.htm – ex06c.htm
• Zechariah 3:8, "Hear, O Joshua, the high priest, You and your companions who sit before you, for they are a wondrous sign; for behold, I am bringing forth my servant the Branch." → ey13b.htm
• For those who are interested: A free, printable word-search puzzle on Joshua. → puzzle54-p.pdf (More bible-based puzzles. → ep01.htm)
• Passages in the book of Joshua, mentioned at this site:
  • Joshua 1
    • 12-15 → ex11b.htm
    • 15 → eb05b.htm – ex10d.htm – ex03c.htm – eo06f.htm – et09b.htm
  • Joshua 2
    • 10 → eo06f.htm (see even the footnotes in that essay)
  • Joshua 3
    • 11-13 → (eo06f.htm)
    • 14-17 → eo06f.htm
  • Joshua 4
    • 1 → (eo06f.htm) – (ey16b.htm)
    • 5-7 → eg09b.htm
    • 16 → (ec03d.htm)
    • 19 → ex06c.htm
  • Joshua 5
    • 6 → (ey16b.htm)
    • 8 → (ey16b.htm)
    • 10 → (ex01c.htm)
    • 9-12 → ex09c.htm
    • 10-12 → (ex06c.htm)
  • Joshua 6
    • 3-20 → (ex01c.htm)
    • 4-13 → (ec05c.htm)
    • 4-20 → (et06d.htm)
    • 10 → ec06f.htm
    • 20 → (ex04c.htm)
  • Joshua 15
    • 4 → eo06f.htm
  • Joshua 17
    • 14-18 → ey04c.htm
  • Joshua 19
    • 1-9 → (ey04c.htm)
  • Joshua 20
    • 7 → (ey04c.htm)
  • Joshua 21
    • 21 → (ey04c.htm)
  • Joshua 22
    • 4 → ex11b.htm – eb05b.htm – ex03c.htm – ex10d.htm – eo06f.htm – et09b.htm
    • 16 → (ec03d.htm)
    • 17 → (ea03d.htm)
    • 27 → (eo03d.htm)
  • Joshua 23
    • 1 → eb05b.htm – ex03c.htm – ex10d.htm – eo06f.htm – et09b.htm
  • Joshua 24
    • 2 → eg09b.htm
    • 4 → ey04c.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Jot (Matthew 5:18 in the 1769 KJ version)

• The KJV-1769 has in Matthew 5:18 "one jot or one tittle"; some more understandable translations have that as "not the smallest letter or part of a letter". Explanation:
  • "Jot": The mention of "jot" (Greek, iôta) in Matthew 5:18 is probably a translation for yod, the tenth and smallest letter in the Hebrew alphabet (iôta is smallest in the Greek one).
  • "Tittle": What the 1769 KJ version has in Matthew 5:18 and Luke 16:17 as "tittle", was in the Greek text keraia which literally meant "a little horn". That probably is a reference to the small phonetic marks connected to the Hebrew letters.
  • The practical meaning of Matthew 5:18 must reasonably be that Jesus was saying that all things prophesied and promised "in the Law" (that is, in the Old Testament) would come to pass – would be fulfilled – down to the smallest points.
• Fore more on what Matthew 5:18 means and refers to, see the essays ec01c.htm, ec02d.htm, ec05c.htm, ec07d.htm and ec13c.htm.
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Journey, journeys

• For those who are interested, a printable word-search puzzle with words related to the apostle Paul's journeys. → puzzle61-p.pdf – Large print versions, and many more bible-based word mazes. → ep01.htm
• Look also under the heading "Paul".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

JPS-1917 (bible-translation) → es09c.htm

Jubile, jubilee, jubilees, Hebrew yobel, yowbel

• The English word "jubilee" comes from the Hebrew yobel (yowbel) which is thought to have meant "a ram's horn" (used as a horn to blow in, like a trumpet of a kind).
  • In Leviticus 25:9-10 – which is about the Day of Atonement – we find three different words, yobel, shofar and teruah (teruwah), all of which refer to horns which could be sounded by blowing.
  • In Joshua 6:4-13, the horns which were sounded at Jericho were called yowbel.
  • In Exodus 19:13, the horn that was heard at Sinai was called yowbel.
  • The LXX (the Septuagint, an ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament) translates yowbel by such words as sêmasia and aphesis.
• The trumpet of the Jubilee (yobel) was sounded on the Day of Atonement. → ex05b.htm – ec05c.htm
• The Jubilee year, declared on the Day of Atonement. → ex05b.htm – ec05c.htm – (et06d.htm)
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Judaea – Look below, under the heading "Judea".

Judah (Hebrew Yehuwdah)

• Judah was Jacob's fourth son (born by Leah, her fourth child, see Genesis 29:35).
  • Levi's descendants came to form the tribe of Levi, one of Israel's twelve tribes.
  • Look also under the heading "Tribes of Israel".
• "The house of Judah", that is, the kingly lineage within the tribe of Judah. → ey12b.htm
• "Judah's sceptre" – on the kingly lineage of the tribe of Judah. → ey12b.htm
• Look also under the headings "Israel", "Judea", "Jew, Jews, Jewish", "Tribes of Israel", "Jerusalem" and "Jude".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Judas (in the NT Greek, Ioudas)

• Judas of James (the apostle, and eventually the epistle writer) → es04-2.htm
• Judas Iscariot (the apostle) → es04-2.htm
• Judas, Jesus' half-brother – see Matthew 13:55.
• Look also under the headings "Jude" and "Judah".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Jude (in the NT Greek Ioudas)

• Passages in Jude's letter in the New Testament, mentioned at this site:
  • Jude 3 → (eg02c.htm)
  • Jude 6 → (ed06c.htm)
  • Jude 9 → ed07b.htm – ed01c.htm – ed04c.htm
  • Jude 11-13 → em08c.htm
  • Jude 14-15 → et07e.htm
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Judea, Judaea

• In the 1769 KJ version, the shorter spelling "Judea" appears only in Ezra 5:8, as a translation of the Aramaic Yehuwd. (The 1769 KJ version translated the Hebrew Yehuwdah as "Judah".)
• The Greek of the LXX (Septuagint) often translated the Hebrew Yehuwdah as Ioudaia. In the Greek text of NT, the word is likewise Ioudaia. The 1769 KJ version rendered it as "Judaea".
• What happened in Judea, in the first century? → eg04b.htm
• Matthew 3:1-2, "In those days came John the Baptist, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea and saying, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." → eo01b.htm
• Jesus sent the 12 and the 70 on a mission to the cities of Israel (that is, Judea and Galilee). → ey10b.htm – em05e.htm
• Acts 15:1, "But some men came down from Judea and attempted to teach the brothers, saying, Unless you are circumcised according to Moses' custom, you cannot be saved." → eo04d.htm
• In New Testament times, the theatre in Judea was of the Greek kind. Its actors often played god roles, representing different Greek idols. The actors wore masks, covering their real faces, and were called hupokritai (whence the word "hypocrite"). → eo12c.htm
• Look also under the headings "Judah", "Samaria", "Galilaea, Galilee", "Jew, Jews, Jewish", "Tribes of Israel", "Israel", "Palestine", "Canaan", "Jerusalem", "Sinai", "Jordan", and "Promise, Promised Land".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Judge, judgment, judgments (judgement, judgements), judges, judging

• A note: "Judgment" is also spelled "judgement". At this site, the spelling "judgment", "judgments" is used, except in quotes of some bible-translations.
• Judging others. → ea07b.htm
• Paul to the saints in Colosse: "Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days" (Colossians 2:16). What did he mean? → eo07d.htm
• "The Great Judgment" or "the Great White Throne Judgment". → et07e.htm
• The Old Testament: What was the difference between the concepts law, statutes, precepts, decrees, judgments, ordinances, charges, commandments and testimonies? → ec03d.htm
• The book of Judges
  • The Jews sort the book of Judges under the section Neviim, "the Prophets". → (ec01c.htm)
  • Passages in the book of Judges, mentioned at this site:
  • Judges 4
    • 11 → eo08c.htm
  • Judges 6
    • 4 → (em01d.htm)
    • 36-40 → (eb11c.htm)
  • Judges 9
    • 23 → (ed08c.htm)
• Look also under the headings "Justify, justified, justification", "Just, justice, justness" and "Righteous, righteousness".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Just, justice, justness

• Justness = righteousness:
  • The word dikaiosunê that appears in the Greek text of the NT (and is often translated as "righteousness") really meant "justice", "justness" – being just and fair. Some English translations actually render dikaiosunê as "justness" or "justice". For more on this, see the essay eg08b.htm and look even under the heading "Righteous, righteousness".
• Matthew 6:33, "Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of God, and his justice" (DR-1899). → eo10d.htm
• Matthew 23:23, "Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, actors, because you exact a tithe of the mint and the dill and the cummin, and leave aside the weightier things of the law: Justice, and mercy, and faith." → eo12c.htm – em01d.htm
• On the word dikaiosunê ("justice", "justness") in Matthew 5:6 (often translated as "hunger and thirst after righteousness"). → ec05c.htm – ex05b.htm
• Look also under the headings "Justify, justified, justification", "Judge, judgment" and "Righteous, righteousness".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Justify, justified, justification

• In the NT, the Greek words for justification and righteousness (justness) are closely related (dikaiôma, dikaiôsis and dikaiosunê). → eg08b.htm
• What does the Bible say about the saints' calling, election, sanctification and justification? → eb02c.htm – eg08b.htm – Look also under the heading "Righteous, righteousness".
• Look also above, under the heading "Just, justice, justness", "Judge, judgment" and "Righteous, righteousness".
• For more, see the other parts of this multi-page index, or use the search function.

Justly (righteously) – See the essay eg08b.htm and look also under the headings "Righteous, righteousness", "Justify, justified, justification" and "Just, justice, justness".

Justness – See the essay eg08b.htm; look also under the headings "Righteous, righteousness", "Justify, justified, justification" and "Just, justice, justness".

Jutes (a Germanic tribe) and Jutland (Regarding certain Anglo-Israelist teachings.) → ey11b.htm

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