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): /d͡ʒəʊb/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

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

Proper noun

Job

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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
• Jobie
• Job's comforter
• Job's news
• Job's tears
• patience of Job

 

Translations

book of the Bible

• Afrikaans: Job (af)
• Arabic: سِفْر أَيُّوب‎ (sifr ʔayyūb)
• Armenian: Հոբ (hy) (Hob)
• 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／约伯记 (zh) (Yuēbójì)

  Min Dong: 約伯書／约伯书 (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)
• Faroese: Job (fo) m
• Finnish: Job (fi) m
• French: Job (fr) m
• Galician: Xob m
• Georgian: იობ (iob)
• German: Hiob
• Greek: Ιώβ (el) m (Ióv)

  Ancient: Ἰώβ m (Iṓb)

• Greenlandic: Jobi (kl)
• Haitian Creole: Jòb
• Hawaiian: Ioba
• Hebrew: אִיּוֹב‎ (he) ('Iyóv)
• Hungarian: Jób (hu)
• Icelandic: Job (is) m
• Ido: Iob (io) m
• Interlingua: Job
• Irish: Leabhar Iób m, Iób (ga) m
• Italian: Giobbe (it)
• Japanese: ヨブ記 (Yobu ki)
• Jarai: Jôp
• Kazakh: Әйүп (Äiüp)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Eyûb (ku)

• Latin: Iobus (la) m
• Latvian: Ījaba (lv) m
• Lavukaleve: Job
• Limburgish: Job (li)
• Lithuanian: Jobo knyga (lt) f
• Maltese: Ktieb Ġob (mt)
• Manx: Job (gv)
• Maori: Hopa (mi)
• Mirandese: Jó
• Navajo: Job hodísinígíí bóhoneestą́ą́ʼ
• Neapolitan: Giobbu
• Ngazidja Comorian: Ayubu
• Norwegian: Job (no) m
• Polish: Księga Hioba f
• 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)
• Turkish: Eyüp (tr)
• Waray-Waray: Job
• Welsh: Job (cy) m
• West Frisian: Job
• Zealandic: Job

Biblical and Qur'anic character

• Afrikaans: Job (af)
• Arabic: أَيُّوب‎ (ar) m (ʔayyūb)
• 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／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
• Faroese: Job (fo) m
• Finnish: Job (fi) m
• French: Job (fr) m
• Georgian: იობ (iob)
• German: Hiob m
• Greek: Ιώβ (el) m (Ióv)

  Ancient: Ἰώβ m (Iṓb), Ἰὼβ m (Iṑb)

• Greenlandic: Jobi (kl)
• Haitian Creole: Jòb
• Hawaiian: Ioba
• Hebrew: אִיּוֹב‎ (he) ('Iyóv)
• Hungarian: Jób (hu)
• Icelandic: Job (is) 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
• Lavukaleve: Job
• Limburgish: Job (li)
• Lithuanian: Jobas m
• Maltese: Ġob m
• Manx: Job (gv)
• Maore Comorian: Jobu, Ayuba
• Maori: Hopa (mi)
• Middle Low German: Job
• Mirandese: Jó
• Neapolitan: Giobbu
• 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
• Turkish: Eyüp (tr)
• 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

Catalan

Proper noun

Job m

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

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

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɔb/

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Job m

1. (bible) Job

Derived terms

• pauvre comme Job

German

Etymology 1

Ca. 1950, from English job.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒɔp/

• Audio

  (file)

• Homophone: jobb

Noun

Job m (strong, genitive Jobs, plural Jobs) (chiefly informal)

1. job, position, employment

   Synonyms: Stelle, Arbeitsstelle

   Wenn ich den Job kriege, kann ich mir vielleicht ein Auto leisten.

   If I get the job, I might be able to afford a car.

2. job, work, profession

   Synonyms: Arbeit, Beruf

   Im Job ist er sehr erfolgreich, aber privat läuft es überhaupt nicht.

   He’s very successful in his job, but his private life is a mess.

3. job, task, assignment

   Synonyms: Aufgabe, Auftrag

   Ich hab ’n Job für dich: Rasenmähen!

   I have a job for you: mowing the lawn!

Usage notes

• The use for “position” (Stelle) is more common and generally accepted than that for “profession” (Arbeit, Beruf).

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 (with an article) Job)

1. (biblical) Rare 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

Marshallese

Etymology

From English Job.

Proper noun

Job

1. (bibilical) Job

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxob/ [ˈxoβ̞]
• Rhymes: -ob
• Syllabification: Job

Proper noun

Job m

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

Derived terms

• tener más paciencia que el santo Job

 

Further reading

• “Job”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Proper noun

Job c (genitive Jobs)

1. Job

Related terms

• jobspost

Anagrams

• boj