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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Wiktionary has an Appendix listing books of the Bible

  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

Translations

Noun

Job (plural Jobs)

  1. A person who shows remarkable patience, especially in the face of great misfortune.

Anagrams

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

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʒɔb/
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Job m

  1. (bible) Job

Derived terms

German

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from English job.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dʒɔp/
  • Audio(file)
  • Homophone: jobb

Noun

Job m (strong, genitive Jobs, plural Jobs)

  1. (informal) 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 [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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /joːp/

Proper noun

Job m (proper noun, strong, genitive Jobs or Job)

  1. (biblical) Alternative 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

Further reading

Swedish

Proper noun

Job c (genitive Jobs)

  1. Job
  • jobspost

Anagrams
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