Joshua vs Joseph - What's the difference?
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The sixth book of the Old Testament of Bible, and a book of the Tanakh.
The son of Nun, Judge of Israel following Moses; author of the Book of Joshua; Quranic figure.
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* 1835 The Literary Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds. To Which is Prefixed a Memoir by H.W.Beechey , London:T.Cadell, Strand, page 33:
(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:
As a proper noun joshua
is the sixth book of the old testament of bible, and a book of the tanakh.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.joshua
English
(Book of Joshua)Proper noun
(en proper noun)- So Joshua' took the whole land, according to all that the Lord said unto Moses; and ' Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.
- "His father had a notion," observes Malone, on the authority of Dr. Percy, Bishop of Dromore, "that it might at some future period of his life be an advantage to a child to bear an uncommon Christian name, - - - Hence our author derived the scriptural name of Joshua , which, though not very uncommon, occurs less frequently than many others." But another biographer has suggested, with more appearance of reason, that it was probably given to him because an uncle, who was one of his godfathers, bore the same name,
joseph
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(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.