Joseph vs Simon - What's the difference?
joseph | simon |
(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:
(Name of) any of a number of men in the New Testament, notably the original name of Apostle Peter.
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* 1996 , Alias Grace , Bloomsbury, ISBN 0-7475-27873, page 379:
As nouns the difference between joseph and simon
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 simon is hackney cab.As an interjection simon is
yes, affirmation commonly used to respond affirmatively to a question.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 ----simon
English
Proper noun
(en proper noun)- Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon', who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; ' Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
- His first name is Simon'. I wonder why his mother named him that, or it may have been his father. My own father never bothered with the naming of us, it was up to Mother and Aunt Pauline. There is '''Simon''' Peter the Apostle, of course, who was made a fisher of men by our Lord. But there is also Simple ' Simon . Met a pie man, going to the fair.
