Tobit en · PROPN · etymology 1
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek Τωβίτ (Tōbít), from Hebrew טוֹבִי (tovi, literally “my good”).
Meanings
- A book of the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox canon of the Old Testament, considered apocryphal by Protestants.
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(rare) A male given name from Hebrew.
I Tobit have walked all the days of my life in the ways of truth and justice, and I did many almsdeeds to my brethren, and my nation, who came with me to Nineve, into the land of the Assyrians.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Tobit 1:3:
Translations (24)
pl Księga Tobiasza (the book of the Bible) · de Tobias (the book of the Bible) · es Tobías (male given name) · sh Књига о Товиту (the book of the Bible) · sh Knjiga o Tobitu (the book of the Bible) · syc ܛܘܒܝܛ (male given name) · hy Թոբիթ (the book of the Bible) · pl Księga Tobita (the book of the Bible) · mk Товит (male given name) · sh Tobija (the book of the Bible) · el Τωβίτ (the book of the Bible) · syc ܟܬܒܐ ܕܛܘܒܝܛ (the book of the Bible) · sh Тобијa (the book of the Bible) · ast Tobíes (the book of the Bible) · de Tobit (the book of the Bible) · ar سِفْر طُوبِيَا (the book of the Bible) · pl Tobiasz (male given name) · es Tobías (the book of the Bible) · ca Llibre de Tobies (the book of the Bible) · de Tobias (male given name) · ru Книга Товита (the book of the Bible) · he טוֹבִי (the book of the Bible) · ro Tobit (the book of the Bible) · el Τωβίτ (male given name)