Job

/dʒoʊb/
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Other forms: Jobs

Definitions of Job
  1. noun
    a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him
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    hero
    a person distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength
  2. noun
    any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing
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    type of:
    unfortunate, unfortunate person
    a person who suffers misfortune
  3. noun
    a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply
    synonyms: Book of Job
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    book
    a major division of a long written composition
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"The New England Primer"

A Puritan child learned how to read by chanting alphabet rhymes based on the Bible. Here are 24 words selected from the primer that did not include the letters "I" and "U." Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 11 Unit 2's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: The Crucible, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, The New England Primer, The Trial of Martha Carrier, The Lessons of Salem, The Very Proper Gander, Declaration of Conscience, Why I Wrote The Crucible, Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, Speech to the Virginia Convention, The Gettysburg Address, FDR's First Inaugural Address , JFK's Inaugural Address

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