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Joseph vs Johnathan - What's the difference?

joseph | johnathan |

As a noun joseph

is (sometimes capitalised) a woman's riding habit worn in the 18th century with a long cape and buttons running down the front.

As a proper noun johnathan is

, a uncommon variant spelling of jonathan, confusing that name with john.

joseph

English

(wikipedia Joseph)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (biblical) Eleventh and favorite son of Jacob, by his wife Rachel.
  • * :
  • 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.
  • * 1913 ,
  • 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 .
  • The husband of Virgin Mary.
  • * :
  • 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.
  • 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:
  • 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 ----

    johnathan

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • , a uncommon variant spelling of Jonathan, confusing that name with John.