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Job
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job jòb Jòb
English
Etymology
From en la Iob, from en grc Ἰώβ, from en hbo אִיּוֹב ʾiyyōḇ, related to he אָיַב to be an enemy ʾāyaḇ and he אוֹיֵב enemy ʾōyēḇ.
Pronunciation
jōb
en /d͡ʒəʊb/ RP
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Job.wav Southern England
en /d͡ʒoʊb/ GA
en /d͡ʒɒb/ /d͡ʒɔb/ colloquial
en əʊb 1
en job second pronunciation
Proper noun
Book of Job
en Q4577en book of the bible A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
en male Hebrew.
en Q179962en biblical character Islam A character in the Old Testament and the Qur'an, renowned for his patience.
en Ayub Ayoub Islam
Derived terms
en Joban Jobian Jobie Job's comforter Job's news Jobson Job's tears patience of Job patient as Job poor as Job
Translations
book of the Bible
Afrikaans: af Job
Arabic: ar سِفْر أَيُّوب
Armenian: hy Հոբ
Asturian: ast Xob
Basque: eu Job
Breton: br Job m
Catalan: ca Job
Cebuano: ceb Job
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 約伯記
Eastern Min: cdo 約伯書 Iók-báik-cṳ̆
Hakka: hak 約伯記 Yok-pak-ki
Hokkien: nan-hbl 約伯記 Iok-pek-kì
Mandarin: cmn 約伯記
Comorian:
Ngazidja Comorian: zdj Ayubu
Corsican: co Ghjobba
Czech: cs Jób
Danish: da Job
Dutch: nl Job
Esperanto: eo Ijob
Estonian: et Iiobi raamat
Faroese: fo Job m
Finnish: fi Job m
French: fr Job m
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Job
Galician: gl Xob m
Georgian: ka იობ
German: de Hiob
Greek: el Ιώβ m
Ancient Greek: grc Ἰώβ m
Greenlandic: kl Jobi
Haitian Creole: ht Jòb
Hawaiian: haw Ioba
Hebrew: he אִיּוֹב iyóv
Hindi: hi अय्यूब m
Hungarian: hu Jób
Icelandic: is Job m
Ido: io Iob m
Interlingua: ia Job
Irish: ga Leabhar Iób m, ga Iób m
Italian: it Giobbe
Japanese: ja ヨブ記 Yobu ki
Jarai: jra Jôp
Kazakh: kk Әйүп
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr Eyûb
Latin: la Iōb m
Latvian: lv Ījaba m
Lavukaleve: lvk Job
Limburgish: li Job
Lithuanian: lt Jobo knyga f
Malay: ms Ayub
Maltese: mt Ktieb Ġob
Manx: gv Job
Māori: mi Hopa
Mirandese: mwl Jó
Navajo: nv Job hodísinígíí bóhoneestą́ą́ʼ
Neapolitan: nap Giobbu
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Job m
Polish: pl Księga Hioba f
Portuguese: pt Jó
Romanian: ro Iov m
Russian: ru Ио́в
Scots: sco Job
Scottish Gaelic: gd Iob m
Sicilian: scn Jubbi m
Slovak: sk Jób m
Slovene: sl Job
Spanish: es Job m
Swahili: sw Ayubu
Swedish: sv Job c
Tagalog: tl Job m
Thai: th โยบ
Tumbuka: tum Yobe
Turkish: tr Eyüp
Waray-Waray: war Job
Welsh: cy Job m
Zealandic: zea Job
Biblical and Qur'anic character
Afrikaans: af Job
Arabic: ar أَيُّوب m
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܐܝܘܒ īyōḇ
Armenian: hy Հոբ
Asturian: ast Xob
Azerbaijani: az Əyyub
Basque: eu Job
Bengali: bn আইয়ুব
Breton: br Job m
Bulgarian: bg Йов m
Catalan: ca Job
Cebuano: ceb Job
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 約伯
Eastern Min: cdo 約伯
Hakka: hak 約伯 Yok-pak
Hokkien: nan-hbl 約伯 Iok-pek
Mandarin: cmn 約伯
Comorian:
Maore Comorian: swb Jobu, swb Ayuba
Ngazidja Comorian: zdj Ayuba
Corsican: co Ghjobba
Czech: cs Jób
Danish: da Job
Dutch: nl Job
Esperanto: eo Ijob
Estonian: et Iiob
Faroese: fo Job m
Finnish: fi Job m
French: fr Job m
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Job
Georgian: ka იობ
German: de Hiob m
Bavarian: bar Ijob, bar Hiob
Greek: el Ιώβ m
Ancient Greek: grc Ἰώβ m, grc Ἰὼβ m
Greenlandic: kl Jobi
Haitian Creole: ht Jòb
Hawaiian: haw Ioba
Hebrew: he אִיּוֹב iyóv
Hindi: hi अय्यूब m
Hungarian: hu Jób
Icelandic: is Job m
Ido: io Iob m
Irish: ga Iób m
Italian: it Giobbe m
Japanese: ja ヨブ Yobu
Korean: ko ^욥
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb ئەییووب
Northern Kurdish: kmr Eyûb m, kmr Eyûb m
Latin: la Iōb m
Latvian: lv Ījaba m
Lavukaleve: lvk Job
Limburgish: li Job
Lithuanian: lt Jobas m
Low German:
Middle Low German: gml Job
Maltese: mt Ġob m
Manx: gv Job
Māori: mi Hopa
Mirandese: mwl Jó
Neapolitan: nap Giobbu
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Job m
Persian:
Classical Persian: fa-cls اَیُّوب
Polish: pl Hiob m, pl Job m
Portuguese: pt Jó
Romanian: ro Iov m
Russian: ru Ио́в m
Scots: sco Job
Scottish Gaelic: gd Iob m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Јо̏в m, sh Јо̏б m
Latin: sh Jȍv m, sh Jȍb m
Slovak: sk Jób m
Slovene: sl Job
Spanish: es Job m
Swahili: sw Ayubu
Swedish: sv Job c
Tagalog: tl Job m
Tumbuka: tum Yobe
Turkish: tr Eyüp
Ottoman Turkish: ota اَیُّوب Eyyûb
Ukrainian: uk Іо́в m, uk Йов m
Urdu: ur اَیُّوب m
Uyghur: ug ئەييۇب
Waray-Waray: war Job
Welsh: cy Job m
Zazaki: zza Eyub
Zealandic: zea Job
Noun
en figurative A person who shows remarkable patience, especially in the face of great misfortune.
Anagrams
en bjo BOJ BoJ obj
en eponyms terms derived from the Bible
Catalan
Proper noun
m
ca Biblical character en Job
en Job book of the Bible
ca Books of the Bible
Dutch
Etymology
Ultimately from nl la Iob, from nl grc Ἰώβ, from nl hbo אִיּוֹב.
Pronunciation
nl /jɔp/
nl Nl-Job.ogg
nl Job
nl ɔp 1
Proper noun
m
en Job the eighteenth book of the Old Testament
en Job Biblical character
nl male
Derived terms
nl jobstijding
nl arm als Job
French
Pronunciation
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-larme-de-Job.wav
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-Job.wav <<France>> (<<Somain>>)
Proper noun
m
fr bible en Job
Derived terms
fr pauvre comme Job
fr Books of the Bible
German
Etymology 1
Ca. 1950, from de en job 1.
Pronunciation
de /dʒɔp/
de De-Job.ogg
de jobb
Noun
m,,s de chiefly informal
job, position, employment
de Stelle Arbeitsstelle
de 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.
job, work, profession
de Arbeit Beruf
de 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.
job, task, assignment
de Aufgabe Auftrag
de Ich hab ’n Job für dich: Rasenmähen! I have a job for you: mowing the lawn!
Usage notes
The use for “position” (de Stelle) is more common and generally accepted than that for “profession” (de Arbeit, Beruf).
Declension
m,,s
Derived terms
de Ein-Euro-Job
Related terms
de jobben
de Jobaussicht
de Jobbörse
de Jobmühle
de Jobvermittlung
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
de /joːp/
Proper noun
m,s:-[with an article]
de Biblical character de Hiob
Further reading
Job_Arbeit_Anstellung Job (Arbeit)
Job_Hiob_Name_biblisch Job (Hiob)
Kankanaey
Pronunciation
Proper noun
kne bible en Job book of the Bible
kne Job book of the Bible
Related terms
kne :Appendix:Books of the Bible (Kankanaey)
kne Books of the Bible
Luxembourgish
Etymology
lb en job.
Pronunciation
lb [dʒop]
Noun
m Jobben Jobs
lb slang job, employment
lb Aarbecht
lb slang job, duty, responsibility
lb Aufgab
Further reading
Marshallese
Etymology
mh en Job.
Proper noun
proper noun
mh biblical character Job
mh Christianity
Spanish
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m
es bible en Job the book of the Bible
es bible en Job the character in the Bible
Derived terms
es lágrima de Job tener más paciencia que el santo Job
Further reading
es Books of the Bible
Swedish
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Job.wav
Proper noun
c
en Job biblical book and character
Related terms
sv jobspost
Anagrams
sv bjo boj
sv Biblical characters Books of the Bible
Welsh
Pronunciation
cy /d͡ʒoːb/
Proper noun
m 1
cy biblical en Job, a Biblical character, to whom authorship of the eponymous book is traditionally attributed
cy biblical The Book of Job
Coordinate terms