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“persecuted”
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Polish
01 / Meaning & origin
Hiob is a masculine given name documented in French, German and Polish. English Wiktionary traces it to Biblical Hebrew אִיּוֹב via Latin and Ancient Greek. It is a form of Job, for which M. G. Easton, Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897): Job gives the meaning “persecuted”.
Meaning: “persecuted”
Learned borrowing from Latin Iob, from Ancient Greek Ἰώβ (Iṓb), from Biblical Hebrew אִיּוֹב (ʾiyyōḇ).
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04 / Through time
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Hiob— “persecuted”
_Hiob_, _m._ _Ger._ Heb. persecuted, 20
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Glossary of Christian Names · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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German orientalist (1624-1704)
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06 / Behind the facts
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