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Strong's H347 אִיּוֹב (iob)

Iob means “Job” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G347 — anaklino (“lay”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H347
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 52
Books 2

Strong's H347 Quick Answer

Strong's H347 אִיוֹב (Iyowb) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Iyowb (ee-yobe') n/p. 1. hated (i.e. persecuted) 2. Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patience It has 52 linked Bible usages across 2 books. Visible English usage signals include job and job's. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
Iyowb (ee-yobe') n/p. 1. hated (i.e. persecuted) 2. Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patience
Usage
52 linked usages
Books
2 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
job and job's

Meaning and Definition

Iyowb (ee-yobe') n/p. 1. hated (i.e. persecuted) 2. Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patience [from H340] KJV: Job. Root(s): H340

Original Word
אִיוֹב
Transliteration
Iyowb
Derivation
Root: איב First root strongs: 340
Morphology
name

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H347. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

Job

Usage: A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Job.1.1 Also named: Iōb (Ἰώβ "Job" G2492) § Job = "hated" a patriarch, the subject of the book of Job

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How Strong's H347 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Iyowb, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

Job Job 1:1 51× Job's Job 2:11

How Strong's H347 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 52 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H347 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H347 in the Old Testament

52 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Job 1:1 KJV

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 KJV

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 KJV

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?

Usage Excerpts

First 52 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H347.

Job 1:1 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
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 Old Testament, KJV
Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?
Job 1:14 Old Testament, KJV
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
Job 1:20 Old Testament, KJV
Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
Job 1:22 Old Testament, KJV
In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
Job 2:3 Old Testament, KJV
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? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
Job 2:7 Old Testament, KJV
So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
Job 2:10 Old Testament, KJV
But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
Job 2:11 Old Testament, KJV
Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
Job 3:1 Old Testament, KJV
After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
Job 3:2 Old Testament, KJV
And Job spake, and said,
Job 6:1 Old Testament, KJV
But Job answered and said,
Job 9:1 Old Testament, KJV
Then Job answered and said,
Job 12:1 Old Testament, KJV
And Job answered and said,
Job 16:1 Old Testament, KJV
Then Job answered and said,
Job 19:1 Old Testament, KJV
Then Job answered and said,
Job 21:1 Old Testament, KJV
But Job answered and said,
Job 23:1 Old Testament, KJV
Then Job answered and said,
Job 26:1 Old Testament, KJV
But Job answered and said,
Job 27:1 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
Job 29:1 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
Job 31:40 Old Testament, KJV
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
Job 32:1 Old Testament, KJV
So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
Job 32:2 Old Testament, KJV
Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.
Job 32:3 Old Testament, KJV
Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
Job 32:4 Old Testament, KJV
Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.
Job 32:12 Old Testament, KJV
Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words:
Job 33:1 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.
Job 33:31 Old Testament, KJV
Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.
Job 34:5 Old Testament, KJV
For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
Job 34:7 Old Testament, KJV
What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
Job 34:35 Old Testament, KJV
Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.
Job 34:36 Old Testament, KJV
My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men.
Job 35:16 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
Job 37:14 Old Testament, KJV
Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
Job 38:1 Old Testament, KJV
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Job 40:1 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,
Job 40:3 Old Testament, KJV
Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
Job 40:6 Old Testament, KJV
Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Job 42:1 Old Testament, KJV
Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
Job 42:7 Old Testament, KJV
And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
Job 42:8 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
Job 42:9 Old Testament, KJV
So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted Job.
Job 42:10 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.
Job 42:12 Old Testament, KJV
So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
Job 42:15 Old Testament, KJV
And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.
Job 42:16 Old Testament, KJV
After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.
Job 42:17 Old Testament, KJV
So Job died, being old and full of days.
Ezekiel 14:14 Old Testament, KJV
Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.
Ezekiel 14:20 Old Testament, KJV
Though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H347, grouped by book.

Job 50 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H347 FAQ

What does iob (אִיּוֹב) mean?

Iob (Strong's H347) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Job". Iyowb (ee-yobe') n/p. 1. hated (i.e. persecuted) 2. Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patience

How many times is iob (אִיּוֹב) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 52 linked usages for Strong's H347 across 2 books.

Where can I study iob (אִיּוֹב) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H347 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate iob (אִיּוֹב)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as job and job's. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.