Jōsēph or
Jōsēph or ĭōsēph, m. indecl. Son of the patriarch Jacob, Just. 36, 2, 6; Vulg. Gen. 30, 24 al.— The husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus, Vulg. Matt. 1, 16; Juvenc. 1, 272.— An inhabitant of Arimathea, Juvenc. 4, 720; Vulg. Matt. 27, 57.