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patience of Job

noun

Etymology

A reference to the biblical figure of Job from the Book of Job, where he demonstrated faith and patience with God while suffering many severe trials. First used in the translations of James 5:11, from Koine Greek ὑπομονὴν Ἰὼβ (hupomonḕn Iṑb).

  1. calqued from ὑπομονὴν Ἰὼβ

Definitions

  1. A great amount of patience.

    • Beholde, wee count them happie which endure. Ye haue heard of the patience of Iob, and haue ſeene the end of the Loꝛd: that the Loꝛd is very pitifull and of tender mercie.
    • At times I long for the patience of Job and the wisdom of Solomon.
    • The interference, some of it on a daily basis, that LSC staff have had to endure from the department's civil servants would have tried the patience of Job.

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