Judah or Judas = "he shall be praised"

1. the fourth son of Jacob

2. an unknown ancestor of Christ

3. a man surnamed the Galilean, who at the time of the census of Quirinus, excited the revolt in Galilee, Acts 5:37

4. a certain Jew of Damascus, Acts 9:11

5. a prophet surnamed Barsabas, of the church at Jerusalem, Acts 15:22,27,32

6. the apostle, Jn 14:22, who was surnamed Lebbaeus or Thaddaeus, and according to opinion wrote the Epistle of Jude.

7. the half-brother of Jesus, Mt. 13:55

8. Judas Iscariot, the apostle who betrayed Jesus

Joseph = "let him add"

1. the patriarch, the eleventh son of Jacob

2. the son of Jonan or Jonam, one of the ancestors of Christ, Lk 3:30

3. the son of Judah [or Judas; better Joda] another ancestor of Jesus, Lk 3:26

4. the son of Mattathias, another ancestor of Christ, Lk 3:24

5. the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus

6. a half-brother of Jesus Mat. 13:55

7. Joseph of Arimathaea, a member of the Sanhedrin, who favoured Jesus. Mt. 27:57,59; Mk 15:43,45

8. Joseph surnamed Barnabas Acts 4:36

9. Joseph call Barsabas and surnamed Justus, Acts 1:23

Maath = "small"

1. the son of Mattathias in the genealogy of Jesus Christ

Mattathias = "gift of Jehovah"

1. the son of Amos, in the genealogy of Christ

2. Mattathias was the son of Semei in the genealogy of Christ

this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than "the" counted

Shimei = "harkeners: my report"

1. the father of Mattathias in the genealogy of Christ