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Joseph is a common male given name, derived from the Hebrew Yosef [ 1] ( יוֹסֵף ). "Joseph" is used, [ 2] along with "Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic countries. In Portuguese and Spanish, the name is "José".
Joseph is venerated as Saint Joseph in the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox Church, Anglicanism and Lutheranism. [ 3][ 4] In Catholic traditions, Joseph is regarded as the patron saint of workers and is associated with various feast days. The month of March is dedicated to Saint Joseph.
Joseph ( / ˈdʒoʊzəf, - səf /; Hebrew: יוֹסֵף, romanized : Yōsēp̄, lit. 'He shall add') [ 2][ a] is an important Hebrew figure in the Bible's Book of Genesis and in the Quran. He was the first of the two sons of Jacob and Rachel (Jacob's twelfth named child and eleventh son). He is the founder of the Tribe of Joseph among the ...
Job (biblical figure) Job ( / dʒoʊb / JOHB; Hebrew: אִיּוֹב 'Īyyōv; Greek: Ἰώβ Iṓb) is the central figure of the Book of Job in the Bible. In Islam, Job ( Arabic: أيوب, romanized : Ayyūb) is also considered a prophet . Job is presented as a good and prosperous family man who is suddenly beset with horrendous disasters that ...
Zaphnath-Paaneah. Zaphnath-Paaneah ( Biblical Hebrew: צָפְנַת פַּעְנֵחַ Ṣāp̄naṯ Paʿnēaḥ, LXX: Ψονθομφανήχ Psonthomphanḗch) is the name given by Pharaoh to Joseph in the Genesis narrative ( Genesis 41:45 ). The name may be of Egyptian origins, but there is no straightforward etymology; some Egyptologists ...
F.P. Dutripon's Latin Bible concordance (Paris 1838) identified 16 people named Joseph in the Bible, 9 of whom featured in the New Testament: [note 1] Joseph I. Joseph (Genesis). Eleventh son of the patriarch Jacob from his wife Rachel, and the brother of Benjamin. This Joseph was born at Laban 's place in Mesopotamia.
Barnabas ( / ˈbɑːrnəbəs /; Syriac: ܒܪܢܒܐ; Ancient Greek: Βαρνάβας ), born Joseph ( Ἰωσήφ) or Joses ( Ἰωσής ), [ 1] was according to tradition an early Christian, one of the prominent Christian disciples in Jerusalem. According to Acts 4:36, Barnabas was a Cypriot Jew. Named an apostle in Acts 14 :14, [ 2] he and ...
The patriarchs ( Hebrew: אבות ʾAvot, "fathers") of the Bible, when narrowly defined, are Abraham, his son Isaac, and Isaac's son Jacob, also named Israel, the ancestor of the Israelites. These three figures are referred to collectively as "the patriarchs", and the period in which they lived is known as the patriarchal age .