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Strong's #2900 - טוֹבִיָּהוּ
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Tobiah = “Jehovah is good”
1) head of a family who returned from exile with Zerubbabel but who were unable to prove their connection with Israel
2) the Ammonite who with Sanballat opposed the rebuilding of Jerusalem
3) a Levite in the reign of Jehoshaphat
4) a chief of the returning exiles
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1טוֺבִיָּהוּ a Levite, assigned to reign of Jehoshaphat 2 Chronicles 17:8, not ᵐ5; ᵐ5 L Τωβιας, elsewhere טוֺבִיָּהᵐ5 Τωβια(ς).
2 Ammonite adversary of Nehem. Nehemiah 2:10,19; Nehemiah 3:35; Nehemiah 4:1; Nehemiah 6:1,12,14,17 (twice in verse); Nehemiah 6:19; Nehemiah 13:4,7,8.
3 head of a family of returning exiles of doubtful lineage Ezra 2:60 = Nehemiah 7:62.
4 a chief of returning exiles Zechariah 6:10,14, ᵐ5 χρησίμων(#NAME?)αὐτῆς, i.e. טוֺבֶיהָ.
