Hebrews 11:22

By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
Πίστει
G4102 N-DSF
pistis
persuasion, i.e., credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly, constancy in such profession; by extension, the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself
  • conviction of the truth of anything, belief; in the New Testament of a conviction or belief respecting man's relationship to God and divine things, generally with the included idea of trust and holy fervour born of faith and joined with it
    • relating to God
      • the conviction that God exists and is the creator and ruler of all things, the provider and bestower of eternal salvation through Christ
      relating to Christ
      • a strong and welcome conviction or belief that Jesus is the Messiah, through whom we obtain eternal salvation in the kingdom of God
      the religious beliefs of Christians"belief with the predominate idea of trust (or confidence) whether in God or in Christ, springing from faith in the same
    fidelity, faithfulness
    • the character of one who can be relied on
Ἰωσὴφ
G2501 N-NSM-P
iōsēph
let Him (God) add, increaser
Joseph, the name of seven Israelites
  • the patriarch, the eleventh son of Jacob
  • "the son of Jonan or Jonam, one of the ancestors of Christ (see Luke 3:30)"the son of Judah (also spelled Judas or Joda) another ancestor of Jesus (see Luke 3:26)"the son of Mattathias, another ancestor of Christ (see Luke 3:24)"the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus"a half-brother of Jesus (see Matthew 13:55)"Joseph of Arimathaea, a member of the Sanhedrin, who believed in Jesus (see Matthew 27:57, 59; Mark 15:43, 45)"Joseph surnamed Barnabas (see Acts 4:36)"Joseph call Barsabas and surnamed Justus (see Acts 1:23)
τελευτῶν
G5053 V-PAP-NSM
teleutaō
to finish life (by implication, of G0979), i.e., expire (demise)
  • to finish, bring to and end, close
  • "to have an end or close, come to an end
περὶ
G4012 PREP
peri
properly, through (all over), i.e., around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality, circuit, matter, circumstance or general period)
  • about, concerning, on account of, because of, around, near
τῆς
G3588 T-GSF
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
ἐξόδου
G1841 N-GSF
exodos
an exit, i.e., (figuratively) death
  • exit i.e., departure
  • "the close of one's career, one's final fate"departure from life, decease
τῶν
G3588 T-GPM
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
υἱῶν
G5207 N-GPM
huios
a ___%___son___%___ (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship
  • a son
    • rarely used for the young of animals
    • "generally used of the offspring of men"in a restricted sense, the male offspring (one born by a father and of a mother)"in a wider sense, a descendant, one of the posterity of any one,
      • the children of Israel
      • "sons of Abraham
      used to describe one who depends on another or is his follower
      • a pupil
    son of man
    • term describing man, carrying the connotation of weakness and mortality
    • "son of man, symbolically denotes the fifth kingdom in Daniel 7:13 and by this term its humanity is indicated in contrast with the barbarity and ferocity of the four preceding kingdoms (the Babylonian, the Median and the Persian, the Macedonian, and the Roman) typified by the four beasts"used by Christ himself, doubtless in order that he might intimate his Messiahship and also that he might designate himself as the head of the human race, the man, the one who both furnished the pattern of the perfect man and acted on behalf of all mankind
    son of God
    • used to describe Adam (see Luke 3:38)
    • "used to describe those who are born again (see Luke 20:36) and of angels and of Jesus Christ"of those whom God esteems as sons, whom he loves, protects and benefits above others
      • in the Old Testament used of the Jews
      • "in the New Testament of Christians"those whose character God, as a loving father, shapes by chastisements (Hebrews 12:5–8)
      those who revere God as their father, the pious worshipers of God, those who in character and life resemble God, those who are governed by the Spirit of God, repose the same calm and joyful trust in God ...
Ἰσραὴλ
G2474 N-GSM-L
israēl
he shall be a prince of God
Israel (i.e., Jisrael), the adopted name of Jacob, including his descendants (literally or figuratively)
  • the name given to the patriarch Jacob (and borne by him in addition to his former name)
  • "the family or descendants of Israel, the race of Israel"Christians, the Israel of God (Galatians 6:16), for not all those who draw their bodily descent from Israel are true Israelites, i.e., are those whom God pronounces to be Israelites and has chosen to salvation
ἐμνημόνευσεν
G3421 V-AAI-3S
mnēmoneuō
to exercise memory, i.e., recollect; by implication, to punish; also to rehearse
  • to be mindful of, to remember, to call to mind
    • to think of and feel for a person or thing
    • "to hold in memory, keep in mind
    to make mention of
καὶ
G2532 CONJ
kai
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
  • and, also, even, indeed, but
περὶ
G4012 PREP
peri
properly, through (all over), i.e., around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive case denoting the subject or occasion or superlative point; with the accusative case the locality, circuit, matter, circumstance or general period)
  • about, concerning, on account of, because of, around, near
τῶν
G3588 T-GPN
ho
the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
  • this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than ___%___the___%___ counted
ὀστέων
G3747 N-GPN
osteon
a bone
  • a bone
αὐτοῦ
G846 P-GSM
autos
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
  • himself, herself, themselves, itself
  • "he, she, it"the same
ἐνετείλατο
G1781 V-ADI-3S
entellomai
to enjoin
  • to order, command to be done, enjoin

Πίστει Ἰωσὴφ τελευτῶν περὶ τῆς ἐξόδου τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ ἐμνημόνευσεν καὶ περὶ τῶν ὀστέων αὐτοῦ ἐνετείλατο
22
By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.
Cross References

Exodus 13:19

וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה אֶת-עַצְמוֹת יוֹסֵף עִמּוֹ כִּי הַשְׁבֵּעַ הִשְׁבִּיעַ אֶת-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר פָּקֹד יִפְקֹד אֱלֹהִים אֶתְכֶם וְהַֽעֲלִיתֶם אֶת-עַצְמֹתַי מִזֶּה אִתְּכֶֽם׃
19
And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up away my bones hence with you.

Genesis 50:24

וַיֹּאמֶר יוֹסֵף אֶל-אֶחָיו אָֽנֹכִי מֵת וֵֽאלֹהִים פָּקֹד יִפְקֹד אֶתְכֶם וְהֶֽעֱלָה אֶתְכֶם מִן-הָאָרֶץ הַזֹּאת אֶל-הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע לְאַבְרָהָם לְיִצְחָק וּֽלְיַעֲקֹֽב׃
24
And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring out you of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

Joshua 24:32

וְאֶת-עַצְמוֹת יוֹסֵף אֲשֶׁר-הֶֽעֱלוּ בְנֵֽי-יִשְׂרָאֵל׀ מִמִּצְרַיִם קָֽבְרוּ בִשְׁכֶם בְּחֶלְקַת הַשָּׂדֶה אֲשֶׁר קָנָה יַֽעֲקֹב מֵאֵת בְּנֵֽי-חֲמוֹר אֲבִֽי-שְׁכֶם בְּמֵאָה קְשִׂיטָה וַיִּֽהְיוּ לִבְנֵֽי-יוֹסֵף לְנַֽחֲלָֽה׃
32
And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

Acts 7:16

καὶ μετετέθησαν εἰς Συχὲμ καὶ ἐτέθησαν ἐν τῷ μνήματι ὠνήσατο Ἀβραὰμ τιμῆς ἀργυρίου παρὰ τῶν υἱῶν Ἑμμὸρ τοῦ Συχέμ
16
And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.