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
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəʊb/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• (General American) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒoʊb/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɒb/, /d͡ʒɔb/
• Rhymes: -əʊb
• Homophone: job (second pronunciation)

Proper noun

Job

Book of Job on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Job on Wikisource.Wikisource Wiktionary has an Appendix listing books of the Bible

2. (biblical) A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
3. A male given name from Hebrew.
5. (biblical, Islam) A character in the Old Testament and the Qur'an, renowned for his patience.

   Synonyms: (Islam) Ayub, Ayoub

Derived terms

• 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: Job (af)
• Arabic: سِفْر أَيُّوب (sifr ʔayyūb)
• Armenian: Հոբ (hy) (Hob)
• Asturian: Xob (ast)
• Basque: Job (eu)
• Breton: Job (br) m
• Catalan: Job
• Cebuano: Job
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 約伯記 / 约伯记 (joek³ baak³ gei³)

  Eastern Min: 約伯書 / 约伯书 (Iók-báik-cṳ̆)

  Hakka: 約伯記 / 约伯记 (Yok-pak-ki)

  Hokkien: 約伯記 / 约伯记 (Iok-pek-kì)

  Mandarin: 約伯記 / 约伯记 (zh) (Yuēbójì)

• Comorian:

  Ngazidja Comorian: Ayubu

• Corsican: Ghjobba (co)
• Czech: Jób
• Danish: Job (da)
• Dutch: Job (nl)
• Esperanto: Ijob
• Estonian: Iiobi raamat (et)
• Faroese: Job (fo) m
• Finnish: Job (fi) m
• French: Job (fr) m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Job

• Galician: Xob m
• Georgian: იობ (iob)
• German: Hiob
• Greek: Ιώβ (el) m (Ióv)

  Ancient Greek: Ἰώβ m (Iṓb)

• Greenlandic: Jobi (kl)
• Haitian Creole: Jòb
• Hawaiian: Ioba
• Hebrew: אִיּוֹב (he) (iyóv)
• Hindi: अय्यूब m (ayyūb)
• Hungarian: Jób (hu)
• Icelandic: Job (is) m
• Ido: Iob (io) m
• Interlingua: Job
• Irish: Leabhar Iób m, Iób (ga) m
• Italian: Giobbe (it)
• Japanese: ヨブ記 (Yobu ki)
• Jarai: Jôp
• Kazakh: Әйүп (Äyüp)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Eyûb (ku)

• Latin: Iōb m
• Latvian: Ījaba (lv) m
• Lavukaleve: Job
• Limburgish: Job (li)
• Lithuanian: Jobo knyga (lt) f
• Malay: Ayub
• Maltese: Ktieb Ġob (mt)
• Manx: Job (gv)
• Māori: Hopa (mi)
• Mirandese: Jó
• Navajo: Job hodísinígíí bóhoneestą́ą́ʼ
• Neapolitan: Giobbu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Job (no) m

• Polish: Księga Hioba f
• Portuguese: Jó (pt)
• Romanian: Iov (ro) m
• Russian: Ио́в (ru) (Ióv)
• Scots: Job
• Scottish Gaelic: Iob (gd) m
• Sicilian: Jubbi m
• Slovak: Jób (sk) m
• Slovene: Job (sl)
• Spanish: Job (es) m
• Swahili: Ayubu (sw)
• Swedish: Job (sv) c
• Tagalog: Job (tl) m
• Thai: โยบ (yóop)
• Tumbuka: Yobe
• Turkish: Eyüp (tr)
• Waray-Waray: Job
• Welsh: Job (cy) m
• Zealandic: Job

Biblical and Qur'anic character

• Afrikaans: Job (af)
• Arabic: أَيُّوب (ar) m (ʔayyūb)
• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܝܘܒ (īyōḇ)

• Armenian: Հոբ (hy) (Hob)
• Asturian: Xob (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Əyyub
• Basque: Job (eu)
• Bengali: আইয়ুব (bn) (aiẏub)
• Breton: Job (br) m
• Bulgarian: Йов m (Jov)
• Catalan: Job
• Cebuano: Job
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 約伯 / 约伯 (joek³ baak³)

  Eastern Min: 約伯 / 约伯 (Iók-báik)

  Hakka: 約伯 / 约伯 (Yok-pak)

  Hokkien: 約伯 / 约伯 (Iok-pek)

  Mandarin: 約伯 / 约伯 (zh) (Yuēbó)

• Comorian:

  Maore Comorian: Jobu, Ayuba

  Ngazidja Comorian: Ayuba

• Corsican: Ghjobba (co)
• Czech: Jób
• Danish: Job (da)
• Dutch: Job (nl)
• Esperanto: Ijob
• Estonian: Iiob
• Faroese: Job (fo) m
• Finnish: Job (fi) m
• French: Job (fr) m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Job

• Georgian: იობ (iob)
• German: Hiob m

  Bavarian: Ijob, Hiob

• Greek: Ιώβ (el) m (Ióv)

  Ancient Greek: Ἰώβ m (Iṓb), Ἰὼβ m (Iṑb)

• Greenlandic: Jobi (kl)
• Haitian Creole: Jòb
• Hawaiian: Ioba
• Hebrew: אִיּוֹב (he) (iyóv)
• Hindi: अय्यूब m (ayyūb)
• Hungarian: Jób (hu)
• Icelandic: Job (is) m
• Ido: Iob (io) m
• Irish: Iób (ga) m
• Italian: Giobbe (it) m
• Japanese: ヨブ (Yobu)
• Korean: 욥 (Yop)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ئەییووب (eyîwub)

  Northern Kurdish: Eyûb (ku) m, Eyûb (ku) m

• Latin: Iōb m
• Latvian: Ījaba (lv) m
• Lavukaleve: Job
• Limburgish: Job (li)
• Lithuanian: Jobas m
• Low German:

  Middle Low German: Job

• Maltese: Ġob m
• Manx: Job (gv)
• Māori: Hopa (mi)
• Mirandese: Jó
• Neapolitan: Giobbu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Job (no) m

• Persian:

  Classical Persian: اَیُّوب (ayyūb)

• Polish: Hiob (pl) m, Job (pl) m
• Portuguese: Jó (pt)
• Romanian: Iov (ro) m
• Russian: Ио́в (ru) m (Ióv)
• Scots: Job
• Scottish Gaelic: Iob (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Јо̏в m, Јо̏б m

  Latin: Jȍv m, Jȍb (sh) m

• Slovak: Jób (sk) m
• Slovene: Job (sl)
• Spanish: Job (es) m
• Swahili: Ayubu (sw)
• Swedish: Job (sv) c
• Tagalog: Job (tl) m
• Tumbuka: Yobe
• Turkish: Eyüp (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: اَیُّوب (Eyyûb)

• Ukrainian: Іо́в m (Ióv), Йов m (Jov)
• Urdu: اَیُّوب m (ayyūb)
• Uyghur: ئەييۇب (eyyub)
• Waray-Waray: Job
• Welsh: Job (cy) m
• Zazaki: Eyub
• Zealandic: Job

Noun

Job (plural Jobs)

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

Anagrams

• BOJ, BoJ, obj

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

• jobstijding
• arm als Job

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒɔb/

• Audio; “larme de Job”:

  (file)

• Audio (France (Somain)):

  (file)

Proper noun

Job m

1. (biblical) Job

Derived terms

• pauvre comme Job

German

Etymology 1

Ca. 1950, from English job.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dʒɔp/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophone: jobb

Noun

Job m (strong, genitive Jobs, plural Jobs) (chiefly informal)

1. job, position, employment

   Synonyms: Stelle, Arbeitsstelle

   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.

2. job, work, profession

   Synonyms: Arbeit, Beruf

   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.

3. job, task, assignment

   Synonyms: Aufgabe, Auftrag

   Ich hab ’n Job für dich: Rasenmähen!

   I have a job for you: mowing the lawn!

Usage notes

• The use for “position” (Stelle) is more common and generally accepted than that for “profession” (Arbeit, Beruf).

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

• Ein-Euro-Job

Related terms

• jobben
• Jobaussicht
• Jobbörse
• Jobmühle
• Jobvermittlung

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /joːp/

Proper noun

Job m (proper noun, strong, genitive Jobs or (with an article) Job)

1. (biblical) rare 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^[1] (in German)

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒob/ [ˈd͡ʒob̚]
• Rhymes: -ob
• Syllabification: Job

Proper noun

Job

1. (biblical) Job (book of the Bible)
2. abbreviation of Job (book of the Bible)

Related terms

• see: Appendix:Books of the Bible (Kankanaey)

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Borrowed from English job.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dʒop]

Noun

Job m (plural Jobben or Jobs)

1. (slang) job, employment

   Synonym: Aarbecht

2. (slang) job, duty, responsibility

   Synonym: Aufgab

Further reading

• Job in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English Job.

Proper noun

Job

1. (biblical) Job

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxob/ [ˈxoβ̞]
• Rhymes: -ob
• Syllabification: Job

Proper noun

Job m

1. (biblical) Job (the book of the Bible)
2. (biblical) Job (the character in the Bible)

Derived terms

• lágrima de Job
• tener más paciencia que el santo Job

Further reading

• “Job”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Job c (genitive Jobs)

1. Job (biblical book and character)

Related terms

• jobspost

Anagrams

• boj

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒoːb/

Proper noun

Job m (not mutable)

1. (biblical) Job, a Biblical character, to whom authorship of the eponymous book is traditionally attributed
2. (biblical) The Book of Job

Coordinate terms

books of the Protestant Old Testament: llyfrau'r Hen Destament Protestannaiddedit

• Genesis
• Exodus
• Lefiticus
• Numeri
• Deuteronomium
• Josua
• Barnwyr
• Ruth
• 1 Samuel
• 2 Samuel
• 1 Brenhinoedd
• 2 Brenhinoedd
• 1 Cronicl
• 2 Cronicl
• Esra
• Nehemeia
• Esther
• Job
• Salmau
• Diarhebion
• Pregethwr
• Caniad Solomon
• Eseia
• Jeremeia
• Galarnad
• Eseciel
• Daniel
• Hosea
• Joel
• Amos
• Obadeia
• Jona
• Micha
• Nahum
• Habacuc
• Seffaneia
• Haggai
• Sechareia
• Malachi