Joseph

Meanings

Proper Noun

• Eleventh and favorite son of Jacob, by his wife Rachel.
• The husband of Virgin Mary.
• The 12th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
• Joseph of Arimathea; man who donated his own prepared tomb for the burial of Jesus.
• A male given name from Hebrew
• locale US (country).

Noun

• One whose chastity is above temptation (from the story of Joseph and Potiphar's wife in Genesis xxxix).

Origin

• From Middle English Ioseph, ultimately from Old Testament Hebrew יוֹסֵף; a son of Jacob.