Ἰώβ
See also: Ιώβ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אִיּוֹב (ʔiyyōḇ).
Pronunciation
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /iˈob/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /iˈoβ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /iˈov/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈov/
Proper noun
Ἰώβ • (Iṓb) m (indeclinable) (Koine)
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.
- ἰδού, μακαρίζομεν τοὺς ὑπομένοντας· τὴν ὑπομονὴν Ἰὼβ ἠκούσατε, καὶ τὸ τέλος Κυρίου εἴδετε, ὅτι πολύσπλαγχνός ἐστιν ὁ Κύριος καὶ οἰκτίρμων.
Descendants
- Greek: Ιώβ (Ióv)
- → Old Church Slavonic: Іѡв (Iov)
- → Romanian: Iov
- → Russian: Ио́в (Ióv)
- → Serbo-Croatian: Jȍv
- → Ukrainian: Іо́в (Ióv)
- → Armenian: Հոբ (Hob)
- → Georgian: იობ (iob)
- → Latin: Iōb (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- Ἰώβ, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- G2492 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Greek
Proper noun
Ἰώβ • (Iṓb) m
- Katharevousa form of Ιώβ (Ióv)