אִיּוֹב
ʼÎyôwb · ee-yobe'
Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patience
Lexicon
Derivation: from H340 (אָיַב); hated (i.e. persecuted);
Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patience
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Job.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the hand that works › to fasten and establish › the house, what is within
Strength, the leader of the hand that works that works to fasten and establish of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אִיּוֹב above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
58 occurrences · 58 OT · 0 NT · 19 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- job19 · 33%
- then job7 · 12%
- and job4 · 7%
- of job4 · 7%
- unto job3 · 5%
- but job3 · 5%
- moreover job2 · 3%
- was job1 · 2%
- that job1 · 2%
- of them all: for job1 · 2%
- doth job1 · 2%
- in all this job1 · 2%
- in all this did not job1 · 2%
- now when job's1 · 2%
- against job1 · 2%
- till job1 · 2%
- o job1 · 2%
- for job1 · 2%
- is like job1 · 2%
- is that job1 · 2%
- therefore doth job1 · 2%
- unto this, o job1 · 2%
- so job1 · 2%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.