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/
• Rhymes: -əʊb

Proper noun

Job

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

Derived terms

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
• 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)

• Czech: Jób
• Danish: Job (da)
• Dutch: Job (nl)
• 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)
• Ido: Iob (io) m
• Irish: Leabhar Iób m, Iób m

• Italian: Giobbe (it)
• Japanese: ヨブ記 (yobu ki)
• Latin: Iobus (la) m
• Latvian: Ījaba (lv) m
• Limburgish: Job (li)
• Lithuanian: Jobo knyga (lt) f
• Maltese: Ktieb Ġob
• Maori: Hopa
• 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
• Slovak: Jób (sk) m
• Slovene: Job (sl)
• Spanish: Job (es) m
• Swedish: Job (sv) m
• Tagalog: Job (tl) m
• Thai: โยบ (yóop)
• Waray-Waray: Job
• Welsh: Job (cy) m
• West Frisian: Job

biblical and qur'anic character

• Afrikaans: Job (af)
• Arabic: أَيُّوب‎ m (ʾayyūb)
• Armenian: Հոբ (Hob)
• Basque: Job (eu)
• Breton: Job (br) m
• 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)

• Czech: Jób
• Danish: Job (da)
• Dutch: Job (nl)
• Estonian: Iiob (et)
• 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)
• Ido: Iob (io) m

• Irish: Iób m
• Italian: Giobbe (it) 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
• Slovak: Jób (sk) m
• Slovene: Job (sl)
• Spanish: Job (es) m
• Swahili: Ayubu (sw)
• Swedish: Job (sv) m
• Tagalog: Job (tl) m
• Waray-Waray: Job
• Welsh: Job (cy) m
• West Frisian: Job

Noun

Job (plural Jobs)

1. A person who shows remarkable patience.

Anagrams

• obj

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔp

Proper noun

Job ?

1. Job (the eighteenth book of the Old Testament)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɔb/

Proper noun

Job m

1. (bible) Job

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German

Etymology

From English job.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒɔp/

• Audio

  (file)

• Homophone: jobb

Noun

Job m (genitive Jobs, plural Jobs)

1. a 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

	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

Related terms

• jobben
• Jobaussicht
• Jobbörse
• Jobmühle

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Spanish

Proper noun

Job m

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

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Swedish

Proper noun

Job

1. Job

Related terms

• jobspost