Bible Names

Job: meaning of the name

Job means “he that weeps or cries.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Job in Hebrew and Greek

אִיּוֹב H347

ʼÎyôwb (ee-yobe') — Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patience

from H340 (אָיַב); hated (i.e. persecuted);

יוֹב H3102

Yôwb (yobe) — Job, an Israelite

perhaps a form of H3103 (יוֹבָב), but more probably by erroneous transcription for...

Ἰώβ G2492

Iṓb — Job (i.e. Ijob), a patriarch

of Hebrew origin (H0347);

Who named Job in the Bible

Job in Scripture

“Job” appears in 54 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Genesis 46:13

    And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.

  • Job 1:1

    There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

  • Job 1:5

    And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

  • Job 1:8

    And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?

  • Job 1:9

    Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?

  • Job 1:14

    And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:

  • Job 1:20

    Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,

  • Job 1:22

    In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.