Ἰώβ

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew אִיּוֹב (ʾiyyōḇ).

Proper noun

Ἰώβ • (Iṓb) m (indeclinable)

  1. (biblical) Job (Old Testament character and book in the Bible)

Quotations

  • New Testament, Epistle of James 5:11:
    ἰδού, μακαρίζομεν τοὺς ὑπομένοντας· τὴν ὑπομονὴν Ἰὼβ ἠκούσατε, καὶ τὸ τέλος Κυρίου εἴδετε, ὅτι πολύσπλαγχνός ἐστιν ὁ Κύριος καὶ οἰκτίρμων.
    idoú, makarízomen toùs hupoménontas; tḕn hupomonḕn Iṑb ēkoúsate, kaì tò télos Kuríou eídete, hóti polúsplankhnós estin ho Kúrios kaì oiktírmōn.
    • Translation by KJV
      Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.

Descendants

  • Greek: Ιώβ (Ióv)
  • → Old Church Slavonic: Іѡв (Iov)
  • → Armenian: Հոբ (Hob)
  • → Georgian: იობ (iob)
  • → Latin: Iōb (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

Greek

Proper noun

Ἰώβ • (Iṓb) m

  1. Katharevousa form of Ιώβ (Ióv)
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