Joseph

English

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Etymology

Old Testament Hebrew יוֹסֵף (Yoséf, “(God) shall add”); a son of Jacob.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒəʊsəf/, X-SAMPA: /"dZ@Us@f/
• (US) enPR: jō'səf, jō'zəf, IPA: /ˈd͡ʒoʊsəf/, /ˈd͡ʒoʊzəf/, X-SAMPA: /"dZoUs@f/, /"dZoUz@f/

Proper noun

Joseph

1. Eleventh and favorite son of Jacob, by his wife Rachel.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), 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.

   • 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 2

     A few shocks of corn in a corner of the fallow stood up as if alive; she imagined them bowing; perhaps her son would be a Joseph.

2. The husband of Virgin Mary.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible (Authorized Version), 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.

3. (Christianity) Joseph of Arimathea; man who donated his own prepared tomb for the burial of Jesus.
4. A male given name, popular as a middle name.
   • 1998 Steven Herrick, A Place Like This, Univ. of Queensland Press, ISBN 0702229849, page 86:

     I'm going to call him Joseph / or Josephine if it's a girl. / Why? / Because it's a strong name, / Joe, Joseph. / You give a kid a name like Cameron / or Alfred, or something like that, / and they end up wearing glasses / and looking at computers for the rest of their life. / - - - So Joe it is. / He'll turn out strong. Strong and smart.

Related terms

• Joe
• Josephine

Translations

favorite son of Jacob

• Arabic: يوسُف (ar) (Yusuf) m

  Egyptian Arabic: يوسف (yusef) m

• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܝܘܣܦ (yausef)

• Armenian: Հովսեփ (hy) (Hovsep’)

  Old Armenian: Յովսէփ (Yovsēpʿ)

• Catalan: Josep (ca) m
• Danish: Josef (da)
• Estonian: Joosep (et)
• Faroese: Jósef (fo) m
• Finnish: Joosef (fi)
• French: Joseph (fr)
• German: Josef (de), Joseph (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: Ἰωσήφ

• Hawaiian: Iosepa

• Hebrew: יוֹסֵף (he) (Yoséf)
• Irish: Seosamh (ga) m
• Italian: Giuseppe (it)
• Latvian: Jāzeps (lv)
• Macedonian: Јосиф (mk) (Jósif)
• Malay: Yusuf (ms)
• Northern Sami: Jovsset
• Norwegian: Josef (no)
• Persian: یوسف (fa) (Yusof, Yusef)
• Portuguese: José (pt)
• Russian: Иосиф (ru) (Iósif)
• Serbo-Croatian: Josip (sh) m
• Spanish: José (es) m
• Swedish: Josef (sv)
• Welsh: Joseff (cy) m

husband of Virgin Mary

• Arabic: يوسُف (ar) (Yusuf) m
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܝܘܣܦ (yausef)

• Armenian: Հովսեփ (hy) (Hovsep’)

  Old Armenian: Յովսէփ (Yovsēpʿ)

• Catalan: Josep (ca) m
• Danish: Josef (da)
• Estonian: Joosep (et)
• Faroese: Jósef (fo) m
• Finnish: Joosef (fi)
• French: Joseph (fr)
• German: Josef (de), Joseph (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: Ἰωσήφ

• Hawaiian: Iosepa
• Irish: Iósaf (ga) m
• Italian: Giuseppe (it)
• Latvian: Jāzeps (lv) m
• Macedonian: Јосиф (mk) (Jósif)
• Malay: Yusuf (ms)
• Northern Sami: Jovsset
• Norwegian: Josef (no)
• Russian: Иосиф (ru) (Iósif)
• Serbo-Croatian: Josip (sh) m
• Spanish: José (es) m
• Swedish: Josef (sv)
• Welsh: Joseff (cy) m

Joseph of Arimathea

• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܝܘܣܦ (yausef)

• Catalan: Josep d'Arimatea (ca) m
• Faroese: Jósef úr Arimateu (fo) m
• Irish: Iósaf ó Aramatáia (ga) m

• Macedonian: Јосиф од Аритматеја (mk) (Jósif od Aritmatéja)
• Malay: Yusuf (ms)
• Portuguese: José de Arimateia (pt)
• Spanish: José de Arimetea (es) m
• Welsh: Joseff o Arimathea (cy) m

male given name

• Albanian: Jozef (sq)
• Arabic: يوسُف؛ جوزيف (ar) (Yusuf; Jozef) m
• Aramaic:

  Classical Syriac: ܝܘܣܦ (yausef)

• Armenian: Հովսեփ (hy) (Hovsep’)

  Old Armenian: Յովսէփ (Yovsēpʿ)

• Asturian: Xosepe (ast), Xosé (ast) m
• Basque: Joseba (eu)
• Breton: Jozef (br), Jozeb (br)
• Bulgarian: Йосиф (bg) (Josif)
• Catalan: Josep (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 约瑟夫 (cmn)

• Czech: Josef (cs) m
• Danish: Josef (da)
• Dutch: Jozef (nl), Josef (nl)
• Esperanto: Jozefo (eo)
• Estonian: Joosep (et)
• Faroese: Jósef (fo), Jósup (fo) m
• Finnish: Jooseppi (fi)
• Flemish: Josef, Sjef, Sjefke
• French: Joseph (fr), José (fr) m

  Middle French: Iosephe

• Galician: Xosé (gl)
• Georgian: იოსები (ka) (Iosebi)
• German: Josef (de)
• Greek: Ιώσηπος (el) (Iósipos), Ιωσήφ (el) (Iosí)
• Hawaiian: Iokepa
• Hebrew: יוֹסֵף (he) (Yoséf)
• Hungarian: József (hu)
• Icelandic: Jósef (is)
• Irish: Seosamh (ga) m

• Italian: Giuseppe (it)
• Latin: Iosephus (la)
• Latvian: Jāzeps (lv)
• Lithuanian: Juozapas (lt), Jouzas (lt)
• Macedonian: Јосиф (mk) (Jósif)
• Malay: Yusuf (ms), Usup (ms), Ucup (ms)
• Maltese: Ġużepp (mt) m, Ġużeppi (mt) m
• Manx: Joseph (gv) m, Josee (gv) m
• Maori: Hohepa (mi)
• Northern Sami: Jovsset
• Norwegian: Josef (no)
• Occitan: Josèp (oc)
• Persian: یوسف (fa) (Yusef), جوزف (fa) (Jozef)
• Polish: Józef (pl)
• Portuguese: José (pt)
• Romanian: Iosif (ro)
• Russian: Иосиф (ru) (Iósif)
• Scottish Gaelic: Seòsaidh (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Јосиф (sh), Јосип (sh)

  Roman: Josif (sh), Josip (sh)

• Slovak: Jozef (sk)
• Slovene: Jóžef (sl) m, Jóže (sl) m, Jóža (sl) f, Jóžko (sl) m
• Spanish: José (es)
• Swedish: Josef (sv)
• Tagalog: José (tl)
• Turkish: Yusuf (tr)
• Ukrainian: Йосип (uk) (Josyp)
• Welsh: Joseff (cy) m
• Yiddish: יוסף (yi) (Yoysef) m

See also

• Joseph (Hebrew Bible) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Joseph (Hebrew Bible)
• Saint Joseph on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Saint Joseph
• Joseph of Arimathea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Joseph of Arimathea

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French

Proper noun

Joseph m

1. Joseph (biblical figure)
2. A male given name, cognate with English Joseph.

Related terms

• (feminine form) Joséphine

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German

Proper noun

Joseph ?

1. A male given name, a less common spelling of Josef.

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Manx

Alternative forms

• Josee

Proper noun

Joseph m

1. A male given name

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Joseph	Yoseph	N'yoseph
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.