איוב

Hebrew

Etymology

Possibly from early northwest Semitic dialectal name meaning "where is the father?" from [script needed] (ʾôb, “father”), dialectal variant of אב (“father”). Or, akin to אויב (“enemy”). Some biblical scholars have suggested that it is related to Arabic أَوَّاب (ʔawwāb, “returning”), from the root ء و ب (ʔ-w-b).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

אִיּוֹב • (iyóv) m

1. (biblical) Job (a book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh)
2. (biblical) Job (a character in the Old Testament and the Qur'an, renowned for his patience)
3. a male given name

Derived terms

• בְּשׂוֹרַת אִיּוֹב (b'sorát iyóv)

References

• H347 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Anagrams

• אבוי
• אביו
• אויב