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View Name: Job


JOB
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Biblical, Dutch
OTHER SCRIPTS: אִיּוֹב (Ancient Hebrew)
PRONOUNCED: JOB (English), YAWP (Dutch)   [key]
Meaning & History
From the Hebrew name אִיּוֹב ('Iyyov) which means "persecuted, hated". In the Book of Job in the Old Testament he is a patient man who is tested by God.
Related Names
OTHER LANGUAGES: Iob (Biblical Greek), 'Iyyov (Biblical Hebrew), Iob (Biblical Latin), Joby (English), Iyov (Hebrew)
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