joseph
/ˈd͡ʒoʊsəf/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.52 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "Meronym: Holy Family"
- "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."
- "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."
- "Army chief Joseph Aoun was voted president after two rounds of voting."
Etymology
Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew הוֹסִיף (hosíf)der. Biblical Hebrew יוֹסֵףbor. Middle English Ioseph English Joseph From Middle English Ioseph, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew יוֹסֵף (Yoséf, literally “(God) shall add”); a son of Jacob. Doublet of Yusuf. Noun sense 1 (“one whose chastity is above temptation”) is a reference to the story of Joseph and Potiphar's wife in Genesis 39.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Ioseph, יוֹסֵף
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈd͡ʒoʊsəf/
- British English: /ˈd͡ʒəʊzɪf/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Josephs (plural)
Jos. (alternative)