Job

See also: job, jòb, and Jòb

English

Etymology

From Latin Iob, from Ancient Greek Ἰώβ (Iṓb), from Biblical Hebrew אִיּוֹב‎ (ʾiyyōḇ), related to אָיַב‎ (ʾāyaḇ, “to be an enemy”) and אוֹיֵב‎ (ʾōyēḇ, “enemy”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: jōb, IPA^(key): /dʒəʊb/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɒb/, /d͡ʒɔb/
• Rhymes: -əʊb
• Homophone: job (second pronunciation)

Proper noun

Job

Job on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Job on Wikisource.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 from Hebrew
3. (biblical) A character in the Old Testament and the Qur'an, renowned for his patience.

Derived terms

• as poor as Job
• Job's comforter
• Job's news
• Job's tears
• patience of Job

 

Translations

book of the Bible

• Afrikaans: Job (af)
• Arabic: سِفْر أَيُّوب‎ (sifr ʾayyūb)
• Basque: Job (eu)
• Breton: Job (br) m
• Catalan: Job
• Cebuano: Job
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 約伯記, 约伯记 (joek³ baak³ gei³)

  Hakka: 約伯記, 约伯记 (Yok-pak-ki)

  Mandarin: 約伯記 (zh), 约伯记 (zh) (Yuēbójì)

  Min Dong: 約伯書 (Iók-báik-cṳ̆)

  Min Nan: 約伯記, 约伯记 (Iok-pek-kì)

• Corsican: Ghjobba (co)
• Czech: Jób
• Danish: Job (da)
• Dutch: Job (nl)
• Esperanto: Ijob
• Estonian: Iiobi raamat (et)
• Finnish: Job (fi) m
• French: Job (fr) m
• German: Hiob
• Greek: Ιώβ (el) m (Ióv)

  Ancient: Ἰώβ m (Iṓb)

• Haitian Creole: Jòb
• Hawaiian: Ioba
• Hebrew: אִיּוֹב‎ (he) ('Iyóv)
• Hungarian: Jób (hu)
• Icelandic: Job m
• Ido: Iob (io) m
• Irish: Leabhar Iób m, Iób (ga) m

• Italian: Giobbe (it)
• Japanese: ヨブ記 (Yobu ki)
• Jarai: Jôp
• Kazakh: Әйүп (Äyüp)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Eyûb (ku)

• Latin: Iobus (la) m
• Latvian: Ījaba (lv) m
• Limburgish: Job (li)
• Lithuanian: Jobo knyga (lt) f
• Maltese: Ktieb Ġob (mt)
• Maori: Hopa (mi)
• Navajo: Job hodísinígíí bóhoneestą́ą́ʼ
• Ngazidja Comorian: Ayubu
• Norwegian: Job (no) m
• Polish: Księga Hioba f, Hiob (pl) m
• Portuguese: Jó (pt)
• Romanian: Iov (ro) m
• Russian: Ио́в (ru) (Ióv)
• Scots: Job
• Scottish Gaelic: Iob (gd) m
• Slovak: Jób (sk) m
• Slovene: Job (sl)
• Spanish: Job (es) m
• Swahili: Ayubu (sw)
• Swedish: Job (sv) c
• Tagalog: Job (tl) m
• Thai: โยบ (yóop)
• Waray-Waray: Job
• Welsh: Job (cy) m
• West Frisian: Job
• Zealandic: Job

Biblical and Qur'anic character

• Afrikaans: Job (af)
• Arabic: أَيُّوب‎ m (ʾayyūb)
• Armenian: Հոբ (hy) (Hob)
• Basque: Job (eu)
• Bengali: আইয়ুব (aiẏub)
• Breton: Job (br) m
• Catalan: Job
• Cebuano: Job
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 約伯, 约伯 (joek³ baak³)

  Hakka: 約伯, 约伯 (Yok-pak)

  Mandarin: 約伯 (zh), 约伯 (zh) (Yuēbó)

  Min Dong: 約伯, 约伯 (Iók-báik)

  Min Nan: 約伯, 约伯 (Iok-pek)

• Corsican: Ghjobba (co)
• Czech: Jób
• Danish: Job (da)
• Dutch: Job (nl)
• Esperanto: Ijob
• Estonian: Iiob
• Finnish: Job (fi) m
• French: Job (fr) m
• German: Hiob m
• Greek: Ιώβ (el) m (Ióv)

  Ancient: Ἰώβ m (Iṓb), Ἰὼβ m (Iṑb)

• Haitian Creole: Jòb
• Hawaiian: Ioba
• Hebrew: אִיּוֹב‎ (he) ('Iyóv)
• Hungarian: Jób (hu)
• Icelandic: Job m
• Ido: Iob (io) m

• Irish: Iób (ga) m
• Italian: Giobbe (it) m
• Japanese: ヨブ (Yobu)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Eyûb (ku) m

• Latin: Iobus (la) m
• Latvian: Ījaba (lv) m
• Limburgish: Job (li)
• Lithuanian: Jobas m
• Maore Comorian: Jobu, Ayuba
• Middle Low German: Job
• Ngazidja Comorian: Ayuba
• Norwegian: Job (no) m
• Persian: ایوب‎ (fa) (Ayyub)
• Polish: Hiob (pl) m
• Portuguese: Jó (pt)
• Romanian: Iov (ro) m
• Russian: Ио́в (ru) m (Ióv)
• Scots: Job
• Scottish Gaelic: Iob (gd) m
• Slovak: Jób (sk) m
• Slovene: Job (sl)
• Spanish: Job (es) m
• Swahili: Ayubu (sw)
• Swedish: Job (sv) c
• Tagalog: Job (tl) m
• Waray-Waray: Job
• Welsh: Job (cy) m
• West Frisian: Job
• Zealandic: Job

Noun

Job (plural Jobs)

1. A person who shows remarkable patience, especially in the face of great misfortune.

Anagrams

• obj

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Catalan

Proper noun

Job m

1. (biblical) Job
2. Job (book of the Bible)

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Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Iob, from Ancient Greek Ἰώβ (Iṓb), from Biblical Hebrew אִיּוֹב‎.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɔp/

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Job
• Rhymes: -ɔp

Proper noun

Job m

1. Job (the eighteenth book of the Old Testament)
2. Job (Biblical character)
3. A male given name.

Derived terms

• jobstijding
• zo arm als Job

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɔb/

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Job m

1. (bible) Job

Derived terms

• pauvre comme Job

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German

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from English job.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒɔp/

• Audio

  (file)

• Homophone: jobb

Noun

Job m (strong, genitive Jobs, plural Jobs)

1. (informal) task, an assignment

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

2. employment

Usage notes

• This word is always referencing a specified task or employment and is not normally used when talking about one's profession or work in general.

Declension

Declension of Job [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Job	die	Jobs
genitive	eines	des	Jobs	der	Jobs
dative	einem	dem	Job	den	Jobs
accusative	einen	den	Job	die	Jobs

Derived terms

• Ein-Euro-Job

Related terms

• jobben
• Jobaussicht
• Jobbörse
• Jobmühle
• Jobvermittlung

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /joːp/

Proper noun

Job m (proper noun, strong, genitive Jobs or Job)

1. (biblical) Alternative form of Hiob

Further reading

• “Job (Arbeit)” in Duden online
• “Job (Hiob)” in Duden online
• “Job” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Job” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Marshallese

Etymology

From English Job.

Proper noun

1. (bibilical) Job

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxob/, [ˈxoβ̞]

Proper noun

Job m

1. (bible) Job (the book of the Bible)

Derived terms

• tener más paciencia que el santo Job

 

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Swedish

Proper noun

Job c (genitive Jobs)

1. Job

Related terms

• jobspost

Anagrams

• boj