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Joseph

 

Gender: Masculine
Usage: English French
Pronounced: JO-sef

From the Latin Iosephus, which was from the Greek Ιωσηφος (Iosephos), which was from the Hebrew name יוֹסֵף (Yosef) meaning "he will add". In the Old Testament Joseph is the eleventh son of Jacob. Because he was the favourite of his father, his older brothers sent him to Egypt and told their father that he had died. In Egypt, Joseph became an advisor to the pharaoh, and was eventually reconciled with his brothers when they came to Egypt during a famine. This is the name of two characters in the New Testament: Joseph the husband of Mary and Joseph of Arimathea. Also, rulers of the Holy Roman Empire have had this name.

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  • Yusuf (disambiguation), as rendered in Islam/Arabic
  • Joseph (film), a German/Italian/American television movie from 1995, which tells the story of Joseph from the Old Testament

 
 
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