'Swole': An Old Word With New Meaning Origin and Etymology of -ade borrowed from French, borrowed from Old Occitan, Spanish, or Upper Italian -ada, going back to Late Latin -Äta, going back to Latin, feminine of -Ätus 1-ate Ade
Pronunciation (US): â¢ JOSEPHUS (noun) The noun JOSEPHUS has 1 sense: 1. Jewish general who led the revolt of the Jews against the Romans and then wrote a history of those events (37-100) Familiarity information: JOSEPHUS used as a noun is very rare. â¢ JOSEPHUS (noun)
According to the Hebrew Bible, Esau is the progenitor of the Edomites and the elder twin brother of Jacob, the patriarch of the Israelites. Esau and Jacob were the sons of Isaac and Rebekah, and the grandsons of Abraham and Sarah. Of the twins, Esau was the first to be born with Jacob following, holding his heel (the Hebrew name Yaacov meaning Heel-holder). Isaac was sixty years old and Rebekah is believed to have been younger when the boys were born.