Strong's Lexicon

H347

H347 — אִיוֹב

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewIyowbnameOccurrences: 58TWOT: 78b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H347
Word:	אִיוֹב
Part of Speech:	name
Etymology:	from H340
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	58
Transliteration:	Iyowb
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	ee-yobe'
Meaning:	1. hated (i.e. persecuted) 2. Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patience
KJV Renderings:	Job.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB377

אִיּוֺב proper name, masculine Job (meaning unknown; Thes √ איב; object of enmity, compare for passive sense יִלּוֺד; Ew compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 174] he who turns (to God); but compare Di on Ezek 1:1 all dubious compare Lag^{BN 90}) Job 1:1; Job 1:5 (3 t. in verse); Job 1:8; Job 1:9; Job 1:14 + 48 t. Job; Ezek 14:14; Ezek 14:20.

אֵיד, אֵד see אוּד .

אַיָּה see III. אוה , below אוֺי.

אַיֵּה see אַי . אִיִּים see III. אוה .

אֵיךְ, אֵיכָה, אֵיכָכָה see ib.

אַיִל, אַיָּל, אַיָּלָה, אַיָּלוֺן, אֵילוֺן, אֵילָם, אֵילִם, אֵילַת, אֵילוֺת etc. see אול .

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke