Joseph vs Michael - What's the difference?
joseph | michael |
(biblical) Eleventh and favorite son of Jacob, by his wife Rachel.
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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:
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* 1629 , , Meditations upon Creed'', ''The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862) , volume 3, page 212:
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(Judaism, Christianity, Islam) An archangel associated with defending Israel in the tribulation.
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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 michael is
, a variant of michel, popular in the end of the 20th century.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 ----michael
English
Etymology 1
From Vulgate (etyl) Michael, Michahel, from (etyl) .Alternative forms
* MichaellProper noun
(en proper noun)- Yea, it seems to me not fit for Christian humility to call a man Gabriel'' or ''Michael , giving the names of angels to the sons of mortality.
- He works in the steelworks, the boyfriend, on the factory floor. I'd say that was quite unusual, he's called Michael'. Insists on that, he does, not being called Mike or Micky or Mick, pretends not to hear you, then, "No, my name's actually ' Michael ."
- And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince that standeth for the children of thy people.
- And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon.