"Job's comforter" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Job's comforters [plural]
Etymology: From the Bible Job 16.2 where Job's supposed friends offered advice that was not helpful. Head templates: {{en-noun|head=Job's comforter}} Job's comforter (plural Job's comforters)
  1. A person who, in trying to offer help or advice, says something that simply adds to the distress. Categories (topical): Bible Related terms: Job's comfort Translations (person who aggravates someone's distress under the guise of consoling them): pocieszyciel Hioba [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-Job's_comforter-en-noun-fxkIMnZU Disambiguation of Bible: 98 2 Categories (other): English allusions, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English allusions: 94 6 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 97 3 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 99 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 98 2 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 98 2 Disambiguation of "person who aggravates someone's distress under the guise of consoling them": 100 0
  2. (obsolete, slang) A boil. Tags: obsolete, slang
    Sense id: en-Job's_comforter-en-noun-58OhLqTf

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