This, combined with competition from indigo plantations in Central America and Spanish Florida that could harvest five to six crops a year, compared with Georgia and Carolina's two or three crops annually, caused colonial American indigo production to collapse.
Biblical context. The Biblical baby name Joseph is Hebrew in origin and its meaning is increase, Jehovah has multiplied. Joseph is pronounced jo-safe'. Joseph is the name of many men in the Bible. Some of them are mentioned below: Joseph was the elder son of Jacob and Rachael. He was his father's favorite.
Matthew /mat-thew/ [2 sylls.] as a boys' name is pronounced MATH-yoo. It is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Matthew is gift of God. Biblical: the name of one of the twelve apostles, who wrote the first Gospel account of Jesus.His name is a form of the Hebrew name Mattathia.The alternate spelling Mathew is an English surname variant spelling.Actors Matthew Broderick, Matthew Modine, Matthew Perry, Matthew McConaughey, Matt Leblanc, Matt Damon; photographer Mathew Brady; poet Matthew Arnold; tennis celebrity Mats Wilander.is name is a form of the Hebrew name Mattathia. The alternate spelling Mathew is an English surname variant spelling. Actors Matthew Broderick, Matthew Modine, Matthew Perry, Matthew McConaughey, Matt Leblanc, Matt Damon; photographer Mathew Brady; poet Matthew Arnold; tennis celebrity Mats Wilander.