abiding

  • 131a|bid|ing — «uh BY dihng», adjective. continuing; lasting: »an abiding faith, the abiding classics of literature. The old sailor had an abiding love of the sea. SYNONYM(S): permanent, steadfast. –a|bid´ing|ly, adverb. –a|bid´ing|ness, noun …

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  • 132JOB, BOOK OF — (named for its hero (Heb. אִיּוֹב), ancient South Arabian and Thamudic yʾb; Old Babylonian Ayyābum, Tell el Amarna tablet, no. 256, line 6, A ia ab; either from yʾb, to bear ill will or compounded of ay where? and ʾab (divine) father ), one of… …

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