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Jesse vs Zoe - What's the difference?

jesse | zoe |

As a proper noun jesse

is (biblical character) the father of king david.

As a noun jesse

is (architecture) a representation of the genealogy of christ, in decorative art, such as a genealogical tree in stained glass or a branched candlestick.

As an adverb zoe is

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jesse

English

(wikipedia Jesse)

Proper noun

(s)
  • (biblical character) The father of king David.
  • * : 1 Samuel 17:12 :
    • Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse ; and he had eight sons; and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
  • of biblical origin.
  • * 1882 , Jesse James (folk song):
    • Jesse James was a lad that killed many a man, / He robbed the Glendale train. / He stole from the rich and he gave to the poor, / He'd a hand and a heart and a brain.
  • (female), a variant of Jessie.
  • * 1985 , The Progress of Love , Chatto&Windus 1987, ISBN 0701131616, page 166-167:
    • We had decided to change the spelling of our names. Mine was to become Jesse instead of Jessie, and hers was to be Meribeth, not MaryBeth. We signed these names to the test papers we turned in at school.
    The teacher waved my paper in the air. "I can't give a mark to this person, because I don't know who this person is," she said. "Who is this Jesse'?" She spelled the name out loud. "That is a boy's name. Does anybody here know a boy named ' Jesse ?"

    Related terms

    * Jess, Jessie * give someone Jesse (to scold or beat) * give someone particular Jesse (to give a severe beating)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (architecture) A representation of the genealogy of Christ, in decorative art, such as a genealogical tree in stained glass or a branched candlestick.

    • References

    * English diminutives of female given names English unisex given names ----

    zoe

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • , a common spelling variant of .
  • * 1833 , Lloyd Wharton Bickley, Zoe, or the Sicilian Sayda: A Romance , Key&Biddle, page 112:
    • Rosalie smiled faintly, and at the clapping of her hands, the raven-haired Zoe , in all her surpassing beauty, entered the apartment.
  • * 1921 , , Stardust , BiblioBazaar, LLC (2007), ISBN 1426437080, page 20:
    • "Who ever heard of a girl named Zoe ! You never did yourself." ΒΆ "I know I never did, Roy Kemble, but just the same I think it is the most beautiful name in the world. It isn't so much what it really means; names don't have to mean anything - it's what it feels like it means.
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