Job

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Proper noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 See also 1.5 Anagrams 2 Dutch 2.1 Proper noun 3 German 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Related terms

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: jōb, IPA: /dʒəʊb/, SAMPA: /dZ@Ub/

  Rhymes: -əʊb

[edit] Etymology

Hebrew אִיּוֹב (iyobh), “‘hated’”), from אָיַב (ayyabh), “‘he was hostile to’”).

[edit] Proper noun

Singular Job

Plural -

Job

Job on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Wikisource has an article on “Job”. Wikisource Wiktionary has an Appendix listing books of the Bible

1. (Biblical) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
2. A male given name
3. An Old Testament character.

[edit] Derived terms

• Job's comforter
• patience of Job

[edit] Related terms

• Job's news

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• Wikipedia article on Job

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: bjo
• obj

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Proper noun

Job

1. The eighteenth book of the Old Testament.

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[edit] German

[edit] Etymology

From English job.

[edit] Noun

Job m

1. a job (work)
2. an assignment

   Ich hab’ ’nen Job für dich: Rasenmähen! - I have a task for you: mowing the lawn!

[edit] Related terms

• jobben
• Jobmühle
• Jobbörse