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BOOK OF JOB
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply
Synonyms:
Book of Job; Job
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Instance hypernyms:
book (a major division of a long written composition)
Holonyms ("Book of Job" is a part of...):
Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)
Hagiographa; Ketubim; Writings (the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures)