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English
Etymology
From Biblical Hebrew יֹאשִׁיָּה (yōšiyyā), יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ (yōšiyyā́hū).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Josiah
- (biblical) A king of Judah.
- A male given name from Hebrew.
Quotations
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- Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years. And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left.
1854, Charles Dickens, “Book I, Chapter XV:”, in Hard Times. For These Times, London: Bradbury & Evans, , →OCLC:"Whatever I am to call him, Mr. Gradgrind, when he is married to Louisa! I must call him something. - - - I cannot call him Josiah, for the name is insupportable to me. You yourself wouldn't hear of Joe, you very well know. Am I to call my son-in-law, Mister?
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