What is "joseph"

Joseph \Jo"seph\, n. An outer garment worn in the 18th century; esp., a woman's riding habit, buttoned down the front.
--Fairholt.

masc. proper name, biblical son of Jacob and Rachel, from Late Latin Joseph, Josephus, from Greek Ioseph, from Hebrew Yoseph (also Yehoseph; see Ps. lxxxi:6) "adds, increases," causative of yasaph "he added." Its use in names of clothing and plants often is in reference to his "coat of many colors."

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

Joseph is a masculine given name.

Joseph may also refer to:

Joseph (; , Standard Yosef Tiberian Yôsēp̄; Yūsuf or Yūsif; Iōsēph) is an important figure in the Bible's Book of Genesis and also in the Quran. Sold into slavery by his jealous brothers, he rose to become vizier, the second most powerful man in Egypt next to Pharaoh, where his presence and office caused Israel to leave Canaan and settle in Egypt. The composition of the story can be dated to the period between the 7th century BCE and the third quarter of the 5th, which is roughly the period to which scholars date the Book of Genesis.

In the Book of Mormon, Joseph (; Hebrew יוסף Yôsēp̄; Arabic يوسف Yūsuf) is a priest, and a younger brother of the Prophets Nephi and Jacob.

Joseph is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was briefly a member of the X-Men. Created by writer Scott Lobdell and artist Roger Cruz, he first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #327 (December 1995).

Joseph is a clone of the X-Men’s nemesis Magneto, possessing his magnetic powers, though he was originally intended to be an amnesiac Magneto. He had a brief courtship with Rogue before dying in battle with the actual Magneto. Joseph is later revived by Astra.

Joseph ben Aaron was king of the Khazars during the 950s and 960s. Joseph was the son of Aaron II, a Khazar ruler who defeated a Byzantine-inspired war against Khazaria on numerous fronts. Joseph's wife (or probably, one of many wives) was the daughter of the king of the Alans.

Whether Joseph was the Khagan or the Bek of the Khazars is contested among historians. He describes leading Khazar armies which seems to imply the role of the Bek. However, as he does not refer to a co-ruler in his writings, it is possible that by his time the two-king system had been abandoned altogether. (see Khazar Kingship).

Joseph actively sought contact with Jews elsewhere in the diaspora. He corresponded with Hasdai ibn Shaprut, a rabbi in Cordoba, and invited him to settle in Khazaria. He is also mentioned in the Schechter Letter.

Joseph was involved in wars against the Kievan Rus and the Pechenegs, as well as sporadic fighting with the Byzantines in the Crimea. He reported that he was allied with the Muslim states around the Caspian Sea against Varangian marauders from Rus' and Scandinavia.

Joseph's ultimate fate is unknown. As the destruction of the Khazar empire by Sviatoslav I of Kiev occurred soon after his correspondence with Hasdai (in 967 or 969), it is possible that Joseph was ruler during the Khaganate's collapse.

The Bible: Joseph is a 1995 German/Italian/American television film about the life of Joseph from the Old Testament. It aired on TNT and was filmed in Morocco.

Joseph, son of Talhah was, according to a Sunni source, the son of the prominent Muslim general Talha ibn Ubayd-Allah and Umm Kulthum bint Abu Bakr. Umm Kulthum was the daughter of the first Sunni Caliph, Abu Bakr.

Joseph was Patriarch of the Church of the East from 552 to 567. He was immensely unpopular, and was eventually deposed by his bishops. He was notorious for having invented much of the early history of the Church of the East. Despite his deposition, his name is included in the traditional list of patriarchs of the Church of the East.

Joseph is an English surname. Notable people with this name include:

• Aaron Joseph (born 1989), Australian rules footballer with the Carlton Football Club
• Alzarri Joseph (born 1996), Antiguan cricketer
• Bradley Joseph (born 1965), American composer, pianist, recording artist
• Cory Joseph (born 1991), Canadian basketball player
• Charles Joseph (disambiguation), several people
• Chris Joseph (disambiguation), several people
• Curtis Joseph (born 1967), Canadian ice hockey goaltender
• Daniel D. Joseph (1929–2011), American mechanical engineer
• Dave Joseph (born 1969), Antiguan cricketer
• Elinor Joseph (born 1991), Israeli soldier
• Ezechiel Joseph, Saint Lucian politician
• Francis Joseph (disambiguation), several people
• Garth Joseph (born 1973), Dominican professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association
• George Joseph (disambiguation), several people
• Guy Joseph (born 1957), Saint Lucian politician
• Irving J. Joseph (c.1881–1943), New York politician
• Jane Joseph (1894–1929), English composer
• Jenny Joseph (born 1932), British poet
• John Joseph (disambiguation), several people
• Kathie-Ann Joseph, American surgeon at Columbia University
• Kareem Joseph (footballer born 1983), footballer from Trinidad and Tobago
• Kareem Joseph (footballer born 1985), footballer from Grenada
• Keith Joseph (1918–1994), British politician and architect of Thatcherism
• Kris Joseph (born 1988), Canadian basketball player
• Lesley Joseph (born 1946), British actress
• Linval Joseph (born 1988), American football player for the New York Jets
• MaChelle Joseph (born 1970), Women's Basketball coach
• Marc Joseph (born 1976), English footballer
• Marie Joseph Demers (1871–1940), Canadian politician
• Mathai Joseph, Indian computer scientist
• Miles Joseph (born 1974), retired American soccer player
• Mookencheril Cherian Joseph (1887–1981), eminent rationalist from Kerala, India
• Nafisa Joseph (1978–2004), Indian model and MTV video jockey
• Peterson Joseph (born 1990), Haitian footballer who currently plays as for Sporting Kansas City
• Ronald Joseph (born 1944), American figure skater
• Roy Joseph (1909–1979), Trinidad and Tobago politician
• Shalrie Joseph (born 1978), Grenadian footballer who currently plays for the New England Revolution
• Surelee Joseph (born 1986), Indian television actress and model
• Sylvester Joseph (born 1978), Antiguan cricketer
• Tyler Joseph, American musician and lead singer of Twenty One Pilots
• Vivian Joseph (born 1948), American figure skater
• Waldren Joseph (1918–2004), American jazz trombone player from New Orleans, Louisiana
• Will Joseph, (1877–1959) Welsh international rugby union player
• William Joseph (disambiguation), several people
• Yvon Joseph (born 1957), Haitian retired basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association

Metropolitan Joseph (secular name Ivan Semyonovich Petrovykh, ; 15 December 1872 – 20 November 1937) was a metropolitan of Russian Orthodox Church.

Metropolitan of Leningrad 1926-1927, after the publication in 1927 the "Declaraton" by Metropolitan Sergius (Stragorodsky) he led Josephites movement.

He was born in the Novgorod province in the area of Tikhvin city of Ustyuzhna.

He was against the recognition of the Soviet government by the Russian Orthodox Church in 1927–1937. He was a leader of the resistance movement and organizer of the Catacomb Church.

Before he was killed by the "Soviets", Metropolitan Joseph wrote: "Do not judge me so severely, and clearly understand the following: 1. I am not at all a schismatic, and I call not to a schism. but to the purification of the Church from those who sow real schism and provoke it. 2. To indicate to another his errors and wrongs is not schism but, to speak simply, it is putting an unbridled horse back into harness. 3. The refusal to accept sound reproaches and directives is in reality a schism and a trampling on the truth. 4. In the construction of ecclesiastical life the participants are not only those at the head, but the whole body of the Church, and a schismatic is he who assumes to himself rights which exceed his authority and in the name of the Church presumes to say that which is not shared by his colleagues. 5. Metropolitan Sergius has shown himself to be such a schismatic, for he has far exceeded his authority and has rejected and scorned the voice of many hierarchs, in whose midst the pure truth has been preserved".

He was killed by the Soviet government in 1937 under Chikment, Kazakhstan.

In 1981, Metropolitan Joseph was glorified as a New Martyr by the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia, but his glorification has not been recognized by the Russian Orthodox Church.

Joseph is a fashion brand and retail chain that was established in London by Moroccan entrepreneur Joseph Ettedgui and his family in 1972.

Archbishop Joseph (, secular name '''Igor Anatolievich Balabanov ''', ; born January 31, 1954, Kashira) is a Russian Orthodox bishop, archbishop of Birobidzhan and Kuldur. The Name Day is on the Monday of Holy Week.

Joseph is a band of three sisters - Natalie, Allison, and Meegan Closner - hailing from Portland, Oregon. Their first album, Native Dreamer Kin, was self-released in early 2014. Their sophomore album I'm Alone, No You're Not was produced by Mike Mogis and is set to be released on August 26, 2016 by ATO Records.

"Joseph" is a masculine given name originating from Hebrew, recorded in the Hebrew Bible, as יוֹסֵף, Standard Hebrew Yossef, Tiberian Hebrew and Aramaic Yôsēp̄. The name can be translated from Hebrew יהוה להוסיף YHWH Lhosif as signifying " Yahweh will increase/add".

In the Old Testament, Joseph is Jacob's eleventh son and Rachel's first ( Yossef ben- Yaakov in the Jewish Bible). In the New Testament, Joseph is the husband of Mary, the mother of Jesus. In the New Testament there is another Joseph as well, Joseph of Arimathea, a secret disciple of Jesus who supplied the tomb in which Jesus was buried.

The form "Joseph" is used mostly in English, French and German-speaking countries. In Arabic, including in the Qur'an, the name is spelled يوسف or Yūsuf. The name has enjoyed significant popularity in its many forms in numerous countries, and Joseph was one of the two names, along with Robert, to have remained in the top 10 boys' names list in the US from 1925 to 1972. It is especially common in contemporary Israel, as either "Yossi" or "Yossef", and in Italy, where the name "Giuseppe" was the most common male name in the 20th century.

Joseph (also known as Joseph en Égypte) is an opéra comique in three acts by the French composer Étienne Méhul. The libretto, by Alexandre Duval, is based on the Biblical story of Joseph and his brothers. The work was first performed by the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 17 February 1807 at the Théâtre Feydeau. It mixes musical numbers with spoken dialogue and is described in both the libretto and the printed announcement for the opening night as a "drame en trois actes, mêlé de chant", although the Méhul scholar Elizabeth Bartlet catalogues it as an "opéra en prose".