Job
אִיּוֹבStrong’s H0347iyyov (iy-yov)
Appears in 52 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Iyyov is the Hebrew word usually translated “job”, “o job” and “on job”. It appears in 52 verses of the Old Testament.
“There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.”
Meaning
- A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Job.1.1
How it's translated
- job 48
- and job 4
- o job 3
- on job 1
- like job 1
- to job 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Job 50
- Ezekiel 2
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Job 1:5And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
- Job 1:8And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
- Job 1:9Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?
- Job 1:14And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
- Job 1:20Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
- Job 1:22In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
Hebrew dictionary
אִיּוֹב iyyov · Job
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Job.1.1 Also named: Iōb (Ἰώβ "Job" G2492) § Job = "hated" a patriarch, the subject of the book of Job
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “job” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
JOB, noun
[of unknown origin, but perhaps allied to chop, primarily to strike or drive.]
- A piece of work; any thing to be done, whether of more or less importance.
- A lucrative business; an undertaking with a view to profit.
- A sudden stab with a pointed instrument. [This seems to be nearly the original sense.]
All definitions and other forms of “job”
JOB, verb transitive
To strike or stab with a sharp instrument.
- To drive in a sharp pointed instrument.
JOB, verb intransitive
To deal in the public stocks; to buy and sell as a broker.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.