Lexical Summary Iōb: Job, a patriarch Original Word: ἸώβTransliteration: Iōb Phonetic Spelling: (ee-obe') Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Short Definition: Job, a patriarch Meaning: Job -- a patriarch Strong's Concordance Job. Of Hebrew origin ('Iyowb); Job (i.e. Ijob), a patriarch -- Job. see HEBREW 'Iyowb Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2492: ἸώβἸώβ, ὁ, indeclinable (אִיּוב i. e. harassed, afflicted (but questioned; see Gesenius, Lex. (8th edition, by Mühlau and Volck) under the word)), Job, the man commended in the didactic poem which bears his name in the canon of the O. T. (cf. Ezekiel 14:14, 20) for his piety, and his constancy and fortitude in the endurance of trials: James 5:11. |
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