1. Tobiah/Tobijah (proper name) — The Hebrew proper name Tobiah (טוֹבִיָּה) or its longer form Tobijah (טוֹבִיָּהוּ), meaning 'Yah(u) is my good.' This name refers to several individuals in the Old Testament: (1) a Levite sent by Jehoshaphat to teach in the cities of Judah (2 Chr 17:8); (2) the Ammonite servant who opposed Nehemiah's rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls (Neh 2, 4, 6, 7, 13); (3) one of the returned exiles from whom gold and silver were taken to make a crown (Zech 6:10, 14). All occurrences share the same etymological and onomastic identity regardless of prepositional prefixes (ל, ו) or spelling variation between the shorter and longer forms. 18×
AR["طوبِيّا","طُوبِيَّا","لِ-طوبِيّا","لِطُوبِيَّا","وَ-طوبِيّا","وَ-طُوبِيَّا","وَطُوبِيَا","وَلِطُوبِيَّا"]·ben["-টোবিয়ের","-টোবিয়ের-জন্য","আর-টোবিয়","এবং-টোবিয়া","এবং-টোবিয়ের-জন্য","ও-টোবিয়","ও-টোবিয়কে","টোবিয়","টোবিয়কে","টোবিয়ের","টোবিয়ের-কাছে","তোবিয়ার"]·DE["Tobija","[וטוביהו]","und-Tobija","und-zu-Tobija","zu-Tobija"]·EN["Tobiah","Toviyah","and-Tobiah","and-Tobijah","and-from-Yedayah","and-to-Toviyah","for-Toviyah","to-Tobiah","to-Toviyah"]·FR["Tobija","bon","et-Tobija","et-bon","pour-Tobija"]·heb["ו-טביה ׀","ו-טוביה","ו-טוביהו","ו-ל-טוביה","טוביה","ל-טוביה"]·HI["और-के-लिए-तोबीयाह","और-टोबियाह","और-तोबिय्याह","और-तोबिय्याह-ने","और-तोबीया","टोबियाह","टोबियाह-के","टोबियाह-को","तोबिय्याह-का","तोबिय्याह-के-लिए","तोबिय्याह-से","तोबीयाह","तोबीयाह-के"]·ID["Tobia","bagi-Tobia","dan-Tobia","dan-untuk-Tobia","dari-Tobia","tentang-Tobia"]·IT["Tobia","[ולטוביה]","[טוביה]","e-Tobia","per-Tobia"]·jav["Lan-Tobiya","Tobia","dhateng-Tobia","kaliyan-Tobia","kangge-Tobia","kanggé-Tobia","lan-Tobia","lan-Tobiya","lan-tumrap-Tobia"]·KO["그리고-도비야","그리고-도비야가","그리고-도비야와","그리고-에게-토비야","도비야","도비야-에게","도비야가","도비야와","도비야의","에-도비야를-위하여","에-도비야에게","토비야와"]·PT["Toviyah","Toviyyah","de-Toviyah","e-Toviyah","e-Toviyahu","e-para-Toviyyah","para-Toviyah"]·RU["Товии","Товийи","Товийяху","а-Товийяху","для-Товийи","и-Товийаху","и-Товийи","и-Товийяху","о-Товийяху","от-Товийяху"]·ES["Tobías","Y-Tobías","a-Tobías","de-Tobías","para-Tobías","y-Tobías","y-Toviyahu","y-para-Tobías"]·SW["Tobia","Tobiya","kwa-Tobiya","na-Tobia","na-Tobiya","na-kwa-Tobia"]·TR["Tobiya","Tobiya'ya","Toviya'nın","Toviya'ya","Toviya-","Toviya-için","Toviyanin","ve-Tobiya","ve-Toviya-için","ve-Toviyahu"]·urd["اور-طوبیاہ","اور-طوبیاہ-کے-لیے","اور-طوبیّاہو","طوبیاہ","طوبیاہ-کو","طوبیاہ-کے","طوبیاہ-کے-لیے"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† טוֹבִיָּ֫הוּ, טוֹבִיָּה n.pr.m. (Yah(u) is my good)— 1. טוֹבִיָּהוּ a Levite, assigned to reign of Jehoshaphat 2 Ch 17:8, not 𝔊; 𝔊L Τωβιας, elsewhere טוֹבִיָּה 𝔊 Τωβια(ς). 2. Ammonite adversary of Nehem. Ne 2:10, 19; 3:35; 4:1; 6:1, 12, 14, 17(×2), 19; 13:4, 7, 8. 3. head of a family of returning exiles of doubtful lineage Ezr 2:60 = Ne 7:62. 4. a chief of returning exiles Zc 6:10, 14, 𝔊 χρησίμων (-μοις) αὐτῆς, i.e. טוֹבֶיהָ.