Ἰώβ

See also: Ιώβ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אִיּוֹב (ʔiyyōḇ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /iˈoβ/ → /iˈov/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /iˈob/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈoβ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈov/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈov/

Proper noun

Ἰώβ • (Iṓb) m (indeclinable) (Koine)

1. (biblical) Job (Old Testament character and book in the Bible)
   • 50 CE – 100 CE, Epistle of James 5:11:

     ἰδού, μακαρίζομεν τοὺς ὑπομένοντας· τὴν ὑπομονὴν Ἰὼβ ἠκούσατε, καὶ τὸ τέλος Κυρίου εἴδετε, ὅτι πολύσπλαγχνός ἐστιν ὁ Κύριος καὶ οἰκτίρμων.

     idoú, makarízomen toùs hupoménontas; tḕn hupomonḕn Iṑb ēkoúsate, kaì tò télos Kuríou eídete, hóti polúsplankhnós estin ho Kúrios kaì oiktírmōn.

     • Translation by KJV

       Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

Descendants

• Greek: Ιώβ (Ióv)
• → Old Church Slavonic: Іѡв (Iov)
  • → Romanian: Iov
  • → Russian: Ио́в (Ióv)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: Jȍv
  • → Ukrainian: Іо́в (Ióv)
• → Armenian: Հոբ (Hob)
• → Georgian: იობ (iob)
• → Latin: Iōb (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• Ἰώβ, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• G2492 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Greek

Proper noun

Ἰώβ • (Ióv) m

1. Katharevousa form of Ιώβ (Ióv)