Meaning & origin
What it means
Jób goes back to Latin Iob, meaning “persecuted.”
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Where it comes from
Jób comes from Latin, and ultimately from Hebrew.
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How it developed
From Latin Iob, from Ancient Greek Ἰώβ, from Hebrew איוב.
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Jób’s family of names
In Czech usage, Jób has a conventional equivalent in the German form Ijob. In Czech usage, Jób has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Иов.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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