Iob

See also: IOB

Latin

Alternative forms

• Jōb, Ijōb, Hiōb
• Iōbus, Jōbus, Ijōbus, Hiōbus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰώβ (Iṓb), from Biblical Hebrew אִיּוֹב (ʾiyyōḇ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /i̯oːb/, [i̯oːb]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /job/, [jɔb]

Proper noun

Iōb m sg (variously declined, genitive Iōb or Iōbis); indeclinable, third declension

1. (biblical) Job (Biblical character and book)

Declension

Indeclinable noun or third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Iōb
genitive	Iōb Iōbis
dative	Iōb Iōbī
accusative	Iōb Iōbem
ablative	Iōb Iōbe
vocative	Iōb

Descendants

Descendants

• Catalan: Job
• → Dutch: Job
• → Old English: Iōb
• → English: Job
  • → Marshallese: Job
• French: Job
• → German: Hiob
• → Old Irish: Iób
  • Irish: Iób
  • Scottish Gaelic: Iob, Iòb
• Italian: Giobbe
• → Polish: Hiob
• Portuguese: Jó
• Serbo-Croatian: Jȍb
• Spanish: Job
• → Swedish: Job

References

• “Iob”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Iob in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Iōb, Ancient Greek Ἰώβ (Iṓb), from Biblical Hebrew אִיּוֹב (ʾiyyōḇ).

Proper noun

Iōb m

1. Job (biblical character)
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints

     Iōb, sē ēadiġa and sē ānrǣda godes þeġn, wæs swa fulfremed on eallum gōdnyssum þæt god sylf cwæþ bē him þæt his ġelīċa nǣre þā on þām līfe ofer eorþan.

     Job, the prosperous and unwavering servant of god, was in all good deeds that God Himself said that there was no one like him living on Earth.

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• Iòb

Proper noun

Iob m

1. (biblical) Job
2. (biblical) Job, the eighteenth book of the Old Testament

Coordinate terms

• (Scottish Gaelic books of the Old Testament) Genesis, Ecsodus, Lebhiticus, Àireamh, Deuteronomi, Iosua, Britheamhan, Rut, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Rìghrean, 2 Rìghrean, 1 Eachdraidh, 2 Eachdraidh, Esra, Nehemiah, Ester, Iob, Sailm, Gnàth-fhacail, Eclesiastes, Dàn Sholaimh, Isaiah, Ieremiah, Tuireadh, Eseciel, Daniel, Hosèa, Ioel, Amos, Obadiah, Ionah, Micah, Nahum, Habacuc, Sephaniah, Hagai, Sechariah, Malachi ^{(Category: gd:Books of the Bible)}