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Strong's #2900 - טוֹבִיָּהוּ

Transliteration

Ṭôwbîyâh

Phonetics

to-bee-yaw', to-bee-yaw'-hoo

Origin

from (H2896) and (H3050)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

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

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (16)

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 12

Zechariah 2

BSB (18)

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 14

Zechariah 2

CSB (16)

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 14

Zechariah 2

ESV (18)

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 14

Zechariah 2

KJV (17)

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 13

Zechariah 2

LEB (18)

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 14

Zechariah 2

LSB (18)

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 14

Zechariah 2

N95 (18)

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 14

Zechariah 2

NAS (18)

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 14

Zechariah 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (18)

2 Chronicles 1

Ezra 1

Nehemiah 14

Zechariah 2

ASV (16)

against me: and tobiah 1

and to tobijah 1

and tobiah 4

and tobijah 1

for tobiah 1

now tobiah 1

of tobiah 3

of tobijah 1

tobiah 1

unto tobiah 2

BSB (18)

and tobiah 3

and tobiah''s 1

of tobiah 3

of tobiah''s 1

on behalf of tobiah 1

then tobiah 1

tobiah 5

tobijah 3

CSB (16)

tobiah 11

tobiah's 2

tobijah 3

ESV (18)

tobiah 14

tobiah's 1

tobijah 3

KJV (17)

tobiah 14

tobijah 3

LEB (18)

for tobiah 1

for tobijah 1

letters from tobiah 1

me because tobiah 1

to tobiah 1

tobiah 11

tobijah 2

LSB (18)

tobiah 13

tobiah's 2

tobijah 3

N95 (18)

tobiah 13

tobiah's 2

tobijah 3

NAS (18)

tobiah 13

tobiah's 2

tobijah 3

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (18)

and to tobijah 1

and tobiah 3

and tobijah 1

for tobiah 1

now tobiah 1

of tobiah 3

of tobijah 1

to tobiah 2

tobiah 2

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

טוֺבִיָּ֫הוּ, טוֺבִיָּה proper name, masculine ( Yah(u) is my good) —

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.

List of Word Forms

וְ֠טוֹבִיָּה וְטֹבִיָּ֣ה ׀ וְטֽוֹבִיָּ֛הוּ וְטֽוֹבִיָּה֙ וְטוֹבִיָּ֥ה וּלְטוֹבִיָּ֣ה וטביה וטוביה וטוביהו ולטוביה טוֹבִיָּ֑ה טוֹבִיָּ֖ה טוֹבִיָּ֛ה טוביה לְט֣וֹבִיָּ֔ה לְטוֹבִיָּ֖ה לְטוֹבִיָּ֥ה לְטוֹבִיָּֽה׃ לטוביה לטוביה׃ lə·ṭō·w·ḇî·yāh letoiYah ləṭōwḇîyāh ṭō·w·ḇî·yāh toiYah ṭōwḇîyāh ū·lə·ṭō·w·ḇî·yāh uletoiYah ūləṭōwḇîyāh vetoiYah vetoiYahu wə·ṭō·ḇî·yāh wə·ṭō·w·ḇî·yā·hū wə·ṭō·w·ḇî·yāh wəṭōḇîyāh wəṭōwḇîyāh wəṭōwḇîyāhū