Job

See also: job 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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Wiktionary has an Appendix listing books of the Bible

(biblical) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
A male given name
An Old Testament and qur'anic character.

Derived terms

as poor as Job
Job's comforter
Job's news

Translations

book of the Bible

Afrikaans: Job (af)
Arabic: سِفْر أَيُّوب‎‎ (sifr ʾayyūb)
Basque: Job (eu)
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 Nan: 約伯記, 约伯记 (Iok-pek-kì)
Czech: Jób
Danish: Job (da)
Dutch: Job (nl)
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

Italian: Giobbe (it)
Japanese: ヨブ記 (yobu ki)
Latin: Iobus (la) m
Latvian: Ījaba (lv) m
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)
Slovak: Jób (sk) m
Slovene: Job (sl)
Spanish: Job (es) m
Swedish: Job (sv) m
Tagalog: Job (tl) m
Thai: โยบ (yóop)

biblical and qur'anic character

Afrikaans: Job (af)
Arabic: أَيُّوب‎‎ m (ʾayyūb)
Armenian: Հոբ (Hob)
Basque: Job (eu)
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)
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
Italian: Giobbe (it) m
Latin: Iobus (la) m
Latvian: Ījaba (lv) m
Lithuanian: Jobas m
Maore Comorian: Jobu, Ayuba
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)
Slovak: Jób (sk) m
Slovene: Job (sl)
Spanish: Job (es) m
Swahili: Ayubu
Swedish: Job (sv) m
Tagalog: Job (tl) m

Anagrams

obj

Dutch

Pronunciation

Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɔp

Proper noun

Job ?

Job (the eighteenth book of the Old Testament)

German

Etymology

From English job.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dʒɔp/
Audio (file)
Homophone: jobb

Noun

Job m (genitive Jobs, plural Jobs)

a task, an assignment
Ich hab’ ’nen Job für dich: Rasenmähen! - I have a task for you: mowing the lawn!
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
Jobbörse
Jobmühle

Spanish

Proper noun

Job m

(bible) Job (the book of the Bible)

Swedish

Proper noun

Job

Job

Related terms

jobspost

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