Joseph vs Jesse - What's the difference?
joseph | jesse |
(biblical) Eleventh and favorite son of Jacob, by his wife Rachel.
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* 1913 ,
The husband of Virgin Mary.
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The 12th sura (chapter) of the Quran
(Christianity) (Joseph of Arimathea); man who donated his own prepared tomb for the burial of Jesus.
, popular as a middle name.
* 1998 (Steven Herrick), A Place Like This , Univ. of Queensland Press, ISBN 0702229849, page 86:
(biblical character) The father of king David.
* : 1 Samuel 17:12 :
of biblical origin.
* 1882 , Jesse James (folk song):
(female), a variant of Jessie.
* 1985 , The Progress of Love , Chatto&Windus 1987, ISBN 0701131616, page 166-167:
(architecture) A representation of the genealogy of Christ, in decorative art, such as a genealogical tree in stained glass or a branched candlestick.
As nouns the difference between joseph and jesse
is that joseph is (sometimes capitalised) a woman's riding habit worn in the 18th century with a long cape and buttons running down the front while 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 a proper noun jesse is
(biblical character) the father of king david.joseph
English
(wikipedia Joseph)Proper noun
(en proper noun)- 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 .
- 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.
See also
* * (Saint Joseph) * (Joseph of Arimathea) English terms derived from the Bible ----jesse
English
(wikipedia Jesse)Proper noun
(s)- 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.
- 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.
- 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 ?"