# Joseph
## English
### Alternative forms

* Jos.

### Etymology

From Middle English Ioseph, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew יוֹסֵף (Yoséf, literally “(God) shall add”); a son of Jacob.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒəʊzɪf/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) enPR: jō'səf, jō'zəf, IPA: /ˈd͡ʒoʊsəf/, /ˈd͡ʒoʊzəf/
** Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: (US) -oʊsəf

### Proper noun

Joseph (countable and uncountable, plural Josephs)
* (biblical) Eleventh and favorite son of Jacob, by his wife Rachel.
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 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[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter 2, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC: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.
* The husband of Saint Mary and the father of Jesus.
    Synonym: Saint Joseph
    Meronym: Holy Family
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 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.
* The 12th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
* (Christianity) Joseph of Arimathea; man who donated his own prepared tomb for the burial of Jesus.
* A male given name from Hebrew.
** 1998, Steven Herrick, A Place Like This, Univ. of Queensland Press, →ISBN, 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.
* A surname:
** An English surname originating as a patronymic.
** A French surname originating as a patronymic.
* A locale in the United States:
** A city in Wallowa County, Oregon; named for Nez Perce chief Hinmatóowyalahtq̓it (called "Chief Joseph" in English).
** A town in Sevier County, Utah; named for Mormon apostle Joseph Angell Young.
** A ghost town in Idaho County, Idaho; named for Hinmatóowyalahtq̓it (Chief Joseph).

#### Derived terms

* Jesus, Mary and Joseph
* Jo
* Joe
* Joey
* Jos
* Jos.
* Joseph City
* Josephs
* Josephson
* St. Joseph, St Joseph, Saint Joseph

#### Related terms

* (diminutives): Joe, Joey, Jo
* (feminine equivalent): Josephine
* (English surname): Josephs, Josephson
* Jos.

#### Descendants

* → Maori: Hohepa

#### Statistics

* According to the 2010 United States Census, Joseph is the 313th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 100,959 individuals. Joseph is most common among Black (54.2%) individuals.

### Noun

Joseph (plural Josephs)
* One whose chastity is above temptation (from the story of Joseph and Potiphar's wife in Genesis xxxix).
** 1925, Stanley John Weyman, “XXVII The Return”, in Queen's Folly:And my lady thought you a Joseph!
** 1977, Buzzcocks, Orgasm Addict:You're a kid Casanova, you're no Joseph It's a labor of love fucking yourself to death Orgasm addict, you're an orgasm addict

### See also

* Joseph (Hebrew Bible) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Saint Joseph on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Joseph of Arimathea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From English Joseph, from Old Testament Hebrew יוֹסֵף (Yoséf).

### Proper noun

Joseph
* a male given name from English [in turn from Hebrew]

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Joseph.

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʒo.zɛf/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Joseph m
* Joseph (biblical figure)
* a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Joseph

#### Derived terms

* Jésus, Marie, Joseph
* Josèphe (feminine form)
* Joséphine (diminutive of Josèphe)

## German
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Joseph m (proper noun, strong, genitive Josephs)
* Alternative spelling of Josef

## Manx
### Alternative forms

* Josee

### Proper noun

Joseph m
* a male given name

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.