Definitions for Joseph

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Joseph Jo·seph

Spelling: [joh-zuh f, -suh f]

IPA: /ˈdʒoʊ zəf, -səf/

Joseph is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 79 anagrams from letters in Joseph (ehjops).

Definitions for Joseph

noun

1. Jacob's eleventh son, the first of Jacob and his second wife, Rachel: sold into slavery by his brothers. Gen. 30:22–24; 37.
2. the husband of Mary who was the mother of Jesus. Matt. 1:16–25.
3. (Hinmaton-yalaktit) c1840–1904, leader of the Nez Percé: led 1000-mile (1600-km) retreat from U.S. forces in an attempt to reach Canada 1877.
4. (lowercase) a long coat buttoning in the front, worn especially by women as part of their riding habit in colonial America.
5. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “increaser.”.
6. 1678–1711, king of Hungary 1687–1711; king of Germany 1690–1711; emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1705–11 (son of Leopold I).
7. 1741–90, emperor of the Holy Roman Empire 1765–90 (son of Francis I; brother of Leopold II and Marie Antoinette).

Examples for Joseph

Joseph LaRocca says some companies are upping the ante in terms of fending off return fraudsters.

I have a compatriot with me, one Joseph Lesurques, whom I met on the way here.

Bergoglio ran second to Joseph Ratzinger, who became Benedict XVI.

His name was Joseph and he belonged to the tribe of the Hebrews.

In an act of corporal punishment that we at the Daily Beast do not condone, Joseph grabbed Him by the ear and “pulled hard.”

Joseph said nothing further except, "Good-by, obstinate one!"

“I heard them say, ‘He was shot twice,’” the father, Joseph Dossi, remembers.

Cops launched a flash grenade through the window and officer Joseph Weekley fired, fatally striking Stanley-Jones.

Joseph is the eldest son; but, of this I am sure, Napoleon will be the head of this family.

It was the priest who came out from the confessional of Saint Joseph and shut the door after him.