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Etymology
Old Testament Hebr. ��סף|��ֹסֵף (Yosef) "(God) shall add"; a son of Jacob.

Pronunciation
italbrac|RP IPA|/�d���s�f/, SAMPA|/"dZ@Us@f/
italbrac|US enPR|/j�'s�f/, IPA|/�d�o�s�f/, SAMPA|/"dZoUs@f/

Proper noun
en-proper noun

1. biblical Eleventh and favorite son of Jacob, by his wife Rachel.
2. context|Christianity The husband of Virgin Mary in the New Testament.
3. context|Christianity w:Joseph of Arimathea|Joseph of Arimathea; man who donated his own prepared tomb for the burial of Jesus.
4. given name|male||

Quotations
1611 � w:King James Version of the Bible|King James Version of the Bible, s:Bible (King James)/Genesis|Genesis 37:3
:Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colours.
1611 � w:King James Version of the Bible|King James Version of the Bible, s:Bible (King James)/Luke|Luke 3:23
:And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli.

Related terms
Joe
Josephine

Translations
trans-top|favorite son of Jacob
Danish: Josef
Finnish: Joosef
French: Joseph
German: Josef, Joseph
Hebrew: ��סף|��ֹסֵף
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Norwegian: Josef
Spanish: José
Swedish: Josef
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trans-top|husband of Virgin Mary
Danish: Josef
Finnish: Joosef
French: Joseph
German: Josef, Joseph
trans-mid
Norwegian: Josef
Spanish: José
Swedish: Josef
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trans-top|Joseph of Arimathea
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trans-top|male given name
Croatian: Josip
Czech: Josef#Czech|Josef m
Danish: Josef
Dutch: Jozef, Josef
Finnish: Jooseppi
Flemish: Josef, Sjef, Sjefke
French: Joseph
German: Josef
Hebrew: ��סף|��ֹסֵף (Josef)
Hungarian: József, Józsi
Irish: Seosamh
Italian: Giuseppe
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Latin: Iosephus
Malayalam: (Ouseph)
Maltese: Ġużepp m, Ġużeppi m<!--add to the Maltese entry: Ġużi m, Pinu m, Ġużeppa f, Ġużeppina f, Ġuża f, Pina f-->
Norwegian: Josef
Portuguese: José
Russian: �о�и� (Iósif)
Slovak: Jozef
Slovene: Jožef, Jože, Joža, Jožko
Spanish: José
Swedish: Josef
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See also
pedialite|Joseph (Hebrew Bible)
pedialite|Saint Joseph
pedialite|Joseph of Arimathea

Category:Biblical characters

French

Proper noun
Joseph m

1. given name|male||fr:, cognate to English Joseph.

Related terms
feminine form: Joséphine

German

Proper noun
Joseph

1. given name|male||de:, a less common spelling of Josef.

hu:Joseph
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fi:Joseph
zh:Joseph

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