(n)(Old Testament) the 11th son of Jacob and one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel; Jacob gave Joseph a coat of many colors, which made his brothers jealous and they sold him into slavery in Egypt
(n)Jewish general who led the revolt of the Jews against the Romans and then wrote a history of those events (37-100), Syn.Joseph ben Matthias, Flavius Josephus
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