Job (plural jobs) refers to a piece of work or a task. Specifically, it may refer to
Occupation.
Job (software), a scheduled and/or automated task for a computer in a batch processing environment.
In these cases, it evolved from Middle English jobbe (piece) or gobbe, (lump).[1]
In the Bible, it refers to:
The Book of Job (sometimes spelled Jobe). It is part of the Tanakh (or Old Testament)
Job (Bible), the individual for whom the Book of Job was named.
In this case, it evolved from Hebrew: אִיּוֹב, Standard Iyyov Tiberian ʾIyyôḇ, "God is the father".[2]
One of the minor characters in the Book of Genesis
Job or Jobs may also have the following meanings:
Job: A Comedy of Justice, a novel by Robert A. Heinlein
Job (novel), a novel by Joseph Roth
Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Inc.
Job ben Solomon
Joseph-Désiré Job
Used in Pop Culture
Job (professional wrestling), to lose or lie down
Jobs (Remnants), a major character from K. A. Applegate's "Remnants" series
La Job, a Quebec adaptation of the British cult TV series The Office
Job (Still Life), the sociopathic, amoral, cave-dwelling "man-child" from the Preston-Child novel "Still Life with Crows."
The job system is a system of character classes used in some games of the Final Fantasy video game series.
Geography
Job, Kentucky; the zip code is 41225
Job, West Virginia; the zip code is 26274
Sources
^ American Heritage Dictionary, Boston 2000: Job¹
^ American Heritage Dictionary, Boston 2000: Job³
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