Jemima
“Dove, symbolizing peace and beauty”
Summary
The eldest of the three daughters born to Job after his restoration from affliction and suffering, whose name means 'dove' and represents the beauty and prosperity God restored to the patriarch.
☩Job's Daughter
Jemima was the first of three daughters born to Job after his trials ended and his fortunes were restored (Job 42:14). Her sisters were Keziah and Keren-happuch. The text notes that 'in all the land there were no women so beautiful as Job's daughters,' and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers (Job 42:15). The name Jemima is derived from the Arabic word for 'dove,' symbolizing peace and beauty, though the Septuagint and Vulgate rendered it as 'Day,' mistaking the derivation as if from the Hebrew word for 'day.' Some scholars have traced the name to Jemama, a central province of Arabia, supposedly named after an ancient Arabian queen.
Related Verses1 mention
Job· 1 verse
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Jemima," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. IV (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.James Orr (ed.), "Jemimah," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. III (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).
- 3.F. N. Peloubet & M. A. Peloubet (ed.), "Jemima," in Smith's Bible Dictionary (Porter & Coates, 1884).
- 4.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Jemima," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).